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CVE-2003-0508

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 7.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2003-08-07 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the WWWLaunchNetscape function of Adobe Acrobat Reader (acroread) 5.0.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .pdf file with a long mailto link.

Affected products

• Adobe Acrobat Reader: through 5.0.7

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105709569312583&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105785749721291&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105709569312583&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105785749721291&w=2

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