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CVE-2008-2992

High CVSS 7.8 Known exploited

Published 2008-11-04 · last changed 2026-06-16 · added to CISA KEV 2022-03-03

This one is being exploited in the wild.

CISA added CVE-2008-2992 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-03-03. Federal agencies are required to remediate it on a deadline. If you have affected machines, this is the class of finding that moves ahead of the rest of the queue.

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2008-2992, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

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.

Sources

CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H