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CVE-2007-5659

CVE-2007-5659HIGH

n/a n/a — Adobe Acrobat and Reader

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   L   L   N   R  U  H  H  H    7.8   .8742   99.8   YES

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions  Fixed
  n/a      n/a –     —

TIMELINE
  Oct 23  Reserved by mitre
  Feb 12  Published (CNA: mitre)
  Jun 8   Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-06-22

CWE-120 · CNA: mitre · CVSS v3.1 · 14 references · KEV due June 22, 2022

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.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
October 23, 2007	Reserved	Reserved by mitre
February 12, 2008	Published	Published (CNA: mitre)
June 8, 2022	KEV ADDED	Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-06-22

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
n/a	n/a	—	n/a	—

Weaknesses

CWE-120

References (14)

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=657 [third-party-advisory, x_refsource_IDEFENSE]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29065 [third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29205 [third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA]
http://secunia.com/advisories/30840 [third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-01.xml [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO]
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-239286-1 [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUNALERT]
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa08-01.html [x_refsource_CONFIRM]
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-13.html [x_refsource_CONFIRM]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/666281 [third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT-VN]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0144.html [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT]
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-043A.html [third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1966/references [vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9813 [vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL]
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2007-5659 [government-resource]

Authoritative record: CVE-2007-5659 at cve.org

Weaknesses: CWE-120

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