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CVE-2004-0629

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 7.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2004-09-28 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the ActiveX component (pdf.ocx) for Adobe Acrobat 5.0.5 and Acrobat Reader, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a URI for a PDF file with a null terminator (%00) followed by a long string.

Affected products

• Adobe Acrobat for Edge: 5.0, 5.0.5, 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2
• Adobe Acrobat Reader: 5.0, 5.0.5, 5.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2

References

• http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/330527.html
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-14.xml
• http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=126&type=vulnerabilities
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10947
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16998
• http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/330527.html
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-14.xml
• http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=126&type=vulnerabilities
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10947
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16998

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