CVE-2007-5659 Adobe Acrobat and Reader Buffer Overflow

What is CVE-2007-5659?

CVE-2007-5659 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, published on 12 Feb 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-120

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-5659?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Acrobat Reader.

How do I fix CVE-2007-5659?

Apply the vendor's patch. US federal agencies must fix it by 22 Jun 2022.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2007-5659 being exploited?

Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2007-5659 in the wild since at least 8 Jun 2022.

Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries.

Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat

• CVE-2021-28550 Adobe Acrobat and Reader Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2021-21017 Adobe Acrobat and Reader Heap-based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2014-0546 Adobe Reader and Acrobat Sandbox Bypass Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2014-0496 Adobe Reader and Acrobat Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2013-3346 Adobe Reader and Acrobat Memory Corruption Exploited High 8.8

All Adobe Acrobat vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-xjr9-phw2-2wjx.