---
id: "CVE-2008-2992"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2008-2992"]
title: "Adobe Acrobat and Reader: Adobe Reader and Acrobat Input Validation Vulnerability"
severity: "critical"
cvss: 9.3
epss: 0.99793
exploited: true
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: [{"name": "Adobe Acrobat and Reader", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}]
ecosystems: ["vendor"]
tags: ["adobe-acrobat", "adobe-reader", "desktop", "exploited", "macos", "package", "ransomware", "windows"]
not_affected_if: ["unknown"]
published_at: "2008-11-04T18:29:47+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T19:11:52+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "kev", "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2008-2992", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:11:52+00:00"}, {"source": "epss", "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-2992", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:13:44+00:00"}, {"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2992", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00"}]
---

# Adobe Acrobat and Reader: Adobe Reader and Acrobat Input Validation Vulnerability

Adobe Acrobat and Reader have an input validation flaw in a JavaScript method that can be abused to run code on the machine. Attackers are exploiting it in the wild, and CISA lists it as ransomware-linked.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## Affected

- vendor:Adobe Acrobat and Reader affected ? fixed ?

## Fix

Apply the Adobe update for Acrobat and Reader per vendor instructions; the specific fixed version is unknown from the sources.

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T19:11:52+00:00 kev https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2008-2992
- 2026-10-23T19:13:44+00:00 epss https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-2992
- 2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2992

## From the sources

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.

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