CVE-2008-0655

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 8.1.2 have unknown impact...

8.8 HighIn KEV

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 8.1.2 have unknown impact and attack vectors.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

37.9%Up 35.2 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.8

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 8.1.2 have unknown impact and attack vectors.

Record: CVE-2008-0655
CVSS 3.1: 8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 9.3 HighAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness: CWE-200
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List 8.8

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 8.1.2 have unknown impact and attack vectors.

Record: CVE-2008-0655
CVSS 3.1: 8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-200
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2008-0665 8.8

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 8.1.2 have unknown impact and attack vectors.

Record: EUVD-2008-0665
CVSS 3.1: 8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qw37-hh98-8g3j 9.8

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 8.1.2 have unknown impact...

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 8.1.2 have unknown impact and attack vectors.

Record: GHSA-qw37-hh98-8g3j
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-200
Updated: 2026-11-02

CISA KEV No score

Adobe Acrobat and Reader Unspecified Vulnerability

Adobe Acrobat and Reader contains an unespecified vulnerability described as a design flaw which could allow a specially crafted file to be printed silently an arbitrary number of times.

Record: CVE-2008-0655
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`acroread` Red Hat:rhel_extras:3 From an advisory covering 7 CVEs	before 0:8.1.2-1.el3.6	0:8.1.2-1.el3.6
`acroread-plugin` Red Hat:rhel_extras:3 From an advisory covering 7 CVEs	before 0:8.1.2-1.el3.6	0:8.1.2-1.el3.6
`acroread` Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 From an advisory covering 7 CVEs	before 0:8.1.2-1.el4.2	0:8.1.2-1.el4.2
`acroread-plugin` Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 From an advisory covering 7 CVEs	before 0:8.1.2-1.el4.2	0:8.1.2-1.el4.2
`acroread` Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client From an advisory covering 7 CVEs	before 0:8.1.2-1.el5.3	0:8.1.2-1.el5.3
`acroread-plugin` Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client From an advisory covering 7 CVEs	before 0:8.1.2-1.el5.3	0:8.1.2-1.el5.3
`acroread` Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server From an advisory covering 7 CVEs	before 0:8.1.2-1.el5.3	0:8.1.2-1.el5.3
`acroread-plugin` Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server From an advisory covering 7 CVEs	before 0:8.1.2-1.el5.3	0:8.1.2-1.el5.3

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 6, 2026	affected, facts
Nov 3, 2026	exploitation
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, CISA KEV, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2008-0655 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Adobe Acrobat, published February 7, 2008. CISA lists it as known to be exploited, since June 8, 2022. EUVD reports exploitation since June 8, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 37.9%, the 98th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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