# CVE-2007-5659

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.

- Page: https://www.vulneraibility.com/cve/CVE-2007-5659
- CVSS: 7.8
- Known exploited: yes, in CISA KEV since 2022-06-08; CISA due date 2022-06-22
- EPSS: 87.31% (percentile 99.8)
- Public exploit code: 2 on Exploit-DB · 1 Metasploit module (first 2008-02-06)
- CISA SSVC: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total (assessed 2025-02-07)
- Weakness: CWE-120
- Published: 2008-02-12

## Affected

- adobe:acrobat
- adobe:acrobat_reader

## References

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

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