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

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2022-06-08
EPSS: 87.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-02-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-120

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 products

Adobe Acrobat for Edge: before 8.1.2 — fixed in 8.1.2
Adobe Acrobat Reader: before 8.1.2 — fixed in 8.1.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Adobe Acrobat for Edge 8.1.2; Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=657
http://secunia.com/advisories/29065
http://secunia.com/advisories/29205
http://secunia.com/advisories/30840
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-01.xml
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/bulletins/apsb08-13.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/666281
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0144.html
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-043A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1966/references

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