CVE-2007-5659

HIGH7.8

CISA KEV

Published 2008-02-12 · Updated 2026-06-16 · Source cve@mitre.org

Summary

CVE-2007-5659 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat and Reader. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on June 8, 2022, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by June 22, 2022. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Adobe has 83 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 11 of them linked to ransomware.

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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.

CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-120CWE-120

CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability

Product: Adobe — Acrobat and Reader

Name: Adobe Acrobat and Reader Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Date added: 2022-06-08 · Due: 2022-06-22

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

References

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