CVE-2007-5659

Publication date 12 February 2008

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
acroread	9.04 jaunty	Not affected
	8.10 intrepid	Not affected
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not affected
	7.10 gutsy	Not in release
	7.04 feisty	Not in release
	6.10 edgy	Ignored end of life, was needed
	6.06 LTS dapper	Ignored end of life

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.8 · High

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8 · High
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

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

CVE-2007-5659

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

Status

Severity score breakdown

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