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CVE-2008-4814

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-4814 describes an unspecified input validation vulnerability in a JavaScript method within Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions 8.1.2 and earlier, and before 7.1.1. This critical vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as indicated by its CVSS score of 9.3. While no active exploitation or public exploit code is documented, and community discussion is minimal, its high FAUCET Risk Score of 97/100 suggests significant potential danger.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 8.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:unknown:3d:*:*:*:*:*
<= 8.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:unknown:professional:*:*:*:*:*
<= 8.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:unknown:standard:*:*:*:*:*
8.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:8.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:8.1.1:unknown:3d:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
11.87%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1187 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

adobepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 3Fixed in: acroread-0:8.1.3-1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: acroread-0:8.1.3-1.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: acroread-0:8.1.3-1.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-4814Critical

Reader: arbitrary code execution via unspecified JavaScript method

Nov 4, 2008

References

download.oracle.com / sunalerts/1019937.1.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
secunia.com / advisories/32700
secunia.com / advisories/32872
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/46334
adobe.com / support/security/bulletins/apsb08-19.html
PatchVendor Advisory
adobe.com / support/security/bulletins/apsb09-04.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0974.html
securityfocus.com / bid/32100
securitytracker.com / id
skyrecon.com / index.php
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA08-309A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/3001
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/0098