First published: Wed Jun 04 2008(Updated: )
Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1.2 and earlier, and before 7.1.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed PDF document, as demonstrated by 2008-HI2.pdf.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0.9 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =5.0.10 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =4.5 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =5.0 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =5.0.9 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0.5 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0.6 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =3.0 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =4.0.5 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =4.0 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0.8 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =6.0.3 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =5.0.5 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =8.0 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0.7 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =5.0.11 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0.3 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =5.0.7 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0.1 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0.2 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =8.1.1 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =6.0.1 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =8.1 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =6.0.5 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | <=8.1.2 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =5.0.6 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =5.1 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =6.0 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =6.0.2 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =6.0.4 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0.4 |
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CVE-2008-2549 is classified as a medium severity vulnerability due to its potential to cause a denial of service and possibly allow arbitrary code execution.
To fix CVE-2008-2549, update Adobe Acrobat Reader to the latest version as specified by Adobe's security bulletins.
CVE-2008-2549 affects Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 8.1.2 and earlier, along with versions prior to 7.1.1.
CVE-2008-2549 exploits vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat Reader that allows remote attackers to cause application crashes or execute arbitrary code via malformed PDF documents.
While the best mitigation for CVE-2008-2549 is to update, avoiding opening untrusted or suspicious PDF files can act as a temporary workaround.