CISA KEV entry
CVE-2008-2992Adobe Reader and Acrobat Input Validation Vulnerability
Adobe Acrobat and Reader. Added to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue on 3 March 2022.
Data status: a source is stale
Last synced CISA catalogue version 2026.11.04 (released 4 November 2026) 1,768 entries Updated manually
- Date added
- 2022-03-03
- Federal due date
- 2022-03-24 21 days after it was added; passed at the sync of 2026-11-05
- Known ransomware use
- Known
- Forensic triage (BOD 26-04)
- No
- CVSS
- 7.8 High CVSS 3.1, scored by nvd@nist.gov
- EPSS
- 99.79% percentile 99.9, scored 2026-11-04
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total
- NVD status
- Analyzed published 2008-11-04, 4867 days before the KEV listing
BOD 26-04 remediation window
With CISA's SSVC answers for this CVE (automatable: no, technical impact: total), BOD 26-04 Table 1 gives 3 days and forensic triage on a publicly exposed asset (row 3) and 14 days on an asset that is not publicly exposed (row 11) S06. The catalogue due date, 21 days after the date added, was set before BOD 26-04 took effect on 10 June 2026 S06. The directive binds US federal civilian executive branch agencies only.
What CISA says
Short description
Adobe Acrobat and Reader contain an input validation issue in a JavaScript method that could potentially lead to remote code execution.
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2992
CWE in the catalogue
CWE-119
Official links
- CISA KEV catalogue entry cisa.gov
- NVD record nvd.nist.gov
Vendor advisory and patch links
References NVD tags Vendor Advisory or Patch, exactly as NVD lists them.
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29773 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory; NVD marks this link broken
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32700 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory; NVD marks this link broken
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32872 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory; NVD marks this link broken
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35163 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory; NVD marks this link broken
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-14/ Broken Link, Vendor Advisory; NVD marks this link broken
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-19.html Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory; NVD marks this link broken
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0974.html Broken Link, Patch; NVD marks this link broken
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3001 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory; NVD marks this link broken
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0098 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory; NVD marks this link broken
Links in CISA's notes
NVD details
- CWE (NVD)
- CWE-787 by nvd@nist.gov
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- CVSS versions in NVD
- V2, V31
- Last modified in NVD
- 2026-06-16T22:54:53.110
Where each value comes from
| Field | Source | Fetched, UTC | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catalogue fields | CISA KEV JSON, version 2026.11.04 | 2026-11-05 11:38 | current |
| NVD published, status, CVSS, CWE, vendor links | NVD CVE API 2.0; CVSS: NVD (nvd@nist.gov) | 2026-11-03 12:37 | current at 2026-11-05 11:38 |
| EPSS | FIRST EPSS API, scores of 2026-11-04 | 2026-11-05 11:38 | current |
| CISA SSVC | CISA ADP (via NVD), record of 2025-02-10 | 2026-11-03 12:37 | current |
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