# CVE-2007-5659: Adobe Acrobat and Reader Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

> CVE-2007-5659: Adobe Acrobat and Reader Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. CVSS 7.8 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2007-5659
Last updated: 2025-10-22T00:05:56Z

- Published: 2008-02-12 18:00 UTC · Updated: 2025-10-22 00:05 UTC · Assigner: mitre
- CVSS: 7.8 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS: 87.4%, 100th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2022-06-08, federal due date 2022-06-22, ransomware use: Unknown

## 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.

## CISA required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

## Affected vendors and products

- Adobe: Acrobat and Reader

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5659)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5659)
- [http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=657](http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=657)
- [http://secunia.com/advisories/29065](http://secunia.com/advisories/29065)
- [http://secunia.com/advisories/29205](http://secunia.com/advisories/29205)
- [http://secunia.com/advisories/30840](http://secunia.com/advisories/30840)
- [http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-01.xml](http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-01.xml)
- [https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9813](https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%253Aorg.mitre.oval%253Adef%253A9813)
- [http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-239286-1](http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-239286-1)
- [http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa08-01.html](http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa08-01.html)
- [http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-13.html](http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-13.html)
- [http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/666281](http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/666281)
- [http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0144.html](http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0144.html)
- [http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-043A.html](http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-043A.html)
- [http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1966/references](http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1966/references)

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_Sources: CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (https://www.cve.org/) This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (https://nvd.nist.gov/) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (https://www.first.org/epss/)_


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