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CVE-2008-4817 (GCVE-0-2008-4817)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-11-05 14:51 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:31
VLAI
Summary
The Download Manager in Adobe Acrobat Professional and Reader 8.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document that calls an AcroJS function with a long string argument, triggering heap corruption.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-09… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabili… third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
Date Public
2008-11-04 00:00
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