Vulnerability · CVE-2008-0655
Adobe Acrobat and Reader Unspecified Vulnerability
Published Feb 7, 2008 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Adobe Acrobat and Reader
Patch now
CVE-2008-0655 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jun 22, 2022. Confirm Adobe Acrobat and Reader against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Gaps on this record
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- Severity
- High8.8
- Known exploitation
- CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 37.87%
- Remediation
- Remediation guidance
- Affected products
- cpe adobe/acrobat · cpe adobe/acrobat reader · vendor Adobe Acrobat and Reader · vendor n/a n/a
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.
Are you affected?
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The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.
- cpe adobe/acrobatversion unspecified
- cpe adobe/acrobat readerversion unspecified
- vendor Adobe Acrobat and Readerversion unspecified
- vendor n/a n/aversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2008-0655
Recommended remediation
Apply updates per vendor instructions. CISA due date Jun 22, 2022.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2008-0655 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jun 22, 2022. Confirm Adobe Acrobat and Reader against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply updates per vendor instructions.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information. EPSS 37.87%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Feb 7, 2008 · Catalog
Detected
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.
Jun 8, 2022 · CISA KEV
Known exploited
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Jun 22, 2022 · CISA KEV
Remediation due
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog
Updated
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.
Sources
- CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2008-0655
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.
cisa.gov - CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2008-0655
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 8.1.2 have unknown impact and attack vectors.
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2008-0655
30-day exploitation probability 37.9%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2008-0655
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 8.1.2 have unknown impact and attack vectors.
nvd.nist.gov - VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2008-0655
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.
vulncheck.com
References
- Reference · blogs.adobe.com
- Vendor Advisory · kb.adobe.com
- SUSE-SA:2008:009 · lists.opensuse.org
- Broken Link · secunia.com
- Broken Link · secunia.com
- Broken Link · secunia.com
- Broken Link · secunia.com
- Broken Link · secunia.com
- Broken Link · secunia.com
- 1019346 · securitytracker.com
- Vendor Advisory · adobe.com
- Reference · adobe.com
- TA08-043A · us-cert.gov
- ADV-2008-1966 · vupen.com
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · isc.sans.edu
- CISA note · nvd.nist.gov
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · securelist.com
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · cisa.gov
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · virusbulletin.com
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.