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CVE-2008-4071 Details

Description

A certain ActiveX control in Adobe Acrobat 9, when used with Microsoft Windows Vista and Internet Explorer 7, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) via an src property value with an invalid acroie:// URL.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4257 CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45195 CVE
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6424 CVE
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4257 [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45195 [email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-20Improper Input Validation[email protected]
NVD-CWE-noinfoInsufficient Information to Classify Weakness[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
adobe acrobat
9

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
microsoft internet explorer
7

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
microsoft windows vista
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-4071
NVD Published Date:
Sep 15, 2008
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2008-4071 Details - Not Deferred