What is CVE-2007-5659?

CVE-2007-5659 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2008-02-12.

How severe is CVE-2007-5659?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2007-5659 known to be exploited?

Yes. CVE-2007-5659 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-06-08), indicating it is being actively exploited. 7 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.

Buffer overflow in Adobe Acrobat

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.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2008-02-12 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.874 (99.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-15.

High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 100th percentile — 99.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.940 · newest: 0.874 · change: -0.066

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

This CVE is on the CISA KEV catalog, added on 2022-06-08. CISA KEV inclusion means CISA has confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; US federal agencies are required to remediate within a published due date.

BOD 22-01 due date: 2022-06-22.

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-043A.html (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-13.html (Vendor Advisory)
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1966/references (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9813 (Broken Link, signature, vdb-entry)
www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa08-01.html (Vendor Advisory)
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-01.xml (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/29065 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/30840 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2007-5659?: CVE-2007-5659 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2008-02-12.
How severe is CVE-2007-5659?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2007-5659 known to be exploited?: Yes. CVE-2007-5659 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-06-08), indicating it is being actively exploited. 7 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.