FKIE_CVE-2007-5659

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-02-12 19:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:46
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=657Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/29065Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/29205Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/30840Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-01.xmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-239286-1Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa08-01.htmlVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-13.htmlVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/666281Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0144.htmlBroken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-043A.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1966/referencesBroken Link
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9813Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=657Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/29065Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/29205Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/30840Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-01.xmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-239286-1Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa08-01.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-13.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/666281Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0144.htmlBroken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-043A.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1966/referencesBroken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9813Broken Link
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2007-5659US Government Resource
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
adobe acrobat *
adobe acrobat_reader *
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