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Go to dashboardAdobe Acrobat and Reader have a buffer overflow in their JavaScript engine that a crafted PDF can trigger with overlong arguments to certain methods. An attacker who gets a user to open the PDF can run code on the machine.
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First seen by InfraStack 2026-10-23 19:11 UTC, 3h before NVD. All times on this page are UTC.
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| Product | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe Acrobat and Reader | vendor | – | – |
| adobe acrobat | vendor | < 8.1.2 | 8.1.2 |
| adobe acrobat reader | vendor | < 8.1.2 | 8.1.2 |
Check the installed Acrobat or Reader version under Help > About; the sources do not name the affected version range.
Update Adobe Acrobat and Reader to the current vendor release, as CISA directs; the sources do not name the fixed version.
Each row is the first time that source carried this signal. The analyst’s rows are its own findings.
Multiple buffer overflows in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.1.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF file with long arguments to unspecified JavaScript methods. NOTE: this issue might be subsumed by CVE-2008-0655.
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