ubuntu · CVE-2008-2992

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Priority: medium Published: 2008-11-04 18:29:00 UTC Updated: 2025-08-25 19:37:22 UTC

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Freshness: upstream tracker timestamp is available; use API updated time as primary recency signal.

Tracker summary

CVE-2008-2992 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (acroread), 6 status rows across 6 suites (dapper, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, upstream): not-affected 3, DNE 1, ignored 1, needs-triage 1.

Description:

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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