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critical 9.3

CVE-2008-0726 in the critical feed json

Integer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.1.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted arguments to t…

published 2008-02-12 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-0736

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
14.6%
EPSS 14.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Integer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.1.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted arguments to the printSepsWithParams, which triggers memory corruption.

Patch / fix

  • acroread RHEL 3 EXTRAS 8.1.2-1.el3.6
  • acroread RHEL 4 EXTRAS 8.1.2-1.el4.2
  • acroread RHEL 5 EXTRAS 8.1.2-1.el5.3
  • acroread-plugin RHEL 3 EXTRAS 8.1.2-1.el3.6
  • acroread-plugin RHEL 4 EXTRAS 8.1.2-1.el4.2
  • acroread-plugin RHEL 5 EXTRAS 8.1.2-1.el5.3

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0144

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2008-0726 updated

Acroread memory corruption

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras acroread 8.1.2-1.el3.6, acroread-plugin 8.1.2-1.el3.6 Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras acroread 8.1.2-1.el4.2, acroread-plugin 8.1.2-1.el4.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras acroread 8.1.2-1.el3.6, acroread-plugin 8.1.2-1.el3.6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras acroread 8.1.2-1.el4.2, acroread-plugin 8.1.2-1.el4.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) acroread 8.1.2-1.el5.3, acroread-plugin 8.1.2-1.el5.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras acroread 8.1.2-1.el3.6, acroread-plugin 8.1.2-1.el3.6
    +4 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras acroread 8.1.2-1.el4.2, acroread-plugin 8.1.2-1.el4.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) acroread 8.1.2-1.el5.3, acroread-plugin 8.1.2-1.el5.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras acroread 8.1.2-1.el3.6, acroread-plugin 8.1.2-1.el3.6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras acroread 8.1.2-1.el4.2, acroread-plugin 8.1.2-1.el4.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0144

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Exploit prediction

14.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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