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AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV L L N R U H H H 7.8 .9848 99.9 YES
AFFECTED Product Versions Fixed n/a n/a – —
TIMELINE Jul 2 Reserved by mitre Nov 4 Published (CNA: mitre) Mar 3 Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-03-24
Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Acrobat and Reader 8.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF file that calls the util.printf JavaScript function with a crafted format string argument, a related issue to CVE-2008-1104.
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| July 2, 2008 | Reserved | Reserved by mitre |
| November 4, 2008 | Published | Published (CNA: mitre) |
| March 3, 2022 | KEV ADDED | Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-03-24 |
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | — | n/a | — |
Authoritative record: CVE-2008-2992 at cve.org
Weaknesses: CWE-787
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