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CVE-2005-1625

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-07-05 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the UnixAppOpenFilePerform function in Adobe Reader 5.0.9 and 5.0.10 for Unix allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF document with a long /Filespec tag.

Affected products

• Adobe Acrobat Reader: 5.0.9, 5.0.10

References

• http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/329083.html
• http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=279&type=vulnerabilities
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_42_acroread.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-575.html
• http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/329083.html
• http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=279&type=vulnerabilities
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_42_acroread.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-575.html

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