CVE-2007-5659: Adobe Acrobat and Reader Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
High · CVSS 7.8 (CVSS 3.1)KEV known exploitedEPSS 87.4%, 100th percentilePublished Updated Assigner: mitre
In CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: Adobe Acrobat and Reader Buffer Overflow Vulnerability.
Added , federal remediation due . Known ransomware use: Unknown.
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.1.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF file with long arguments to unspecified JavaScript methods. NOTE: this issue might be subsumed by CVE-2008-0655.
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
Adobe: Acrobat and Reader
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php (opens in new tab)
- secunia.com/advisories/29065 (opens in new tab)
- secunia.com/advisories/29205 (opens in new tab)
- secunia.com/advisories/30840 (opens in new tab)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-01.xml (opens in new tab)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9813 (opens in new tab)
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do (opens in new tab)
- www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa08-01.html (opens in new tab)
- www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-13.html (opens in new tab)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/666281 (opens in new tab)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0144.html (opens in new tab)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-043A.html (opens in new tab)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1966/references (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)