How severe is CVE-2007-5659?

CVE-2007-5659 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH). EPSS estimates a 87.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

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

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Adobe Acrobat and Reader Buffer Overflow Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2022-06-08

Remediation due

2022-06-22

Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5659

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA7.8 HIGH

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

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impacttotal

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
-	-	n/a

References

13 Links

Vendor advisories

Third-party advisories

Vulnerability databases

Other references

Record Details

Published

2008-02-12

Last updated

2025-10-22

Assigner (CNA)

mitre

Credited to

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