CVE-2007-5659

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: February 12, 2008 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:46 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorAcrobat ReaderAcrobat

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploitation
CISA KEV
Exploit prediction
EPSS 87%
SSVC
Active

Actively Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog

EPSS Score87.4%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) estimates a 87.4% chance this CVE is exploited in the wild within the next 30 days — higher than 100% of all CVEs. It complements CVSS: a high EPSS on a mid-severity CVE can still be urgent.

Adobe Acrobat and Reader contain a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute code via a PDF file with long arguments to unspecified JavaScript methods.

Required Action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Ransomware Use
Unknown
Added to KEV
Jun 8, 2022
Remediation Due
Jun 22, 2022
1588 days overdue

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 8.1.2
Affected range stops below 8.1.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 8.1.2
Affected range stops below 8.1.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (14)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/29065
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/29205
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/30840
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-01.xml

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCActiveNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.8HIGHCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-120

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