CVE-2007-5659

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-06-08. Federal remediation due 2022-06-22.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

94.22% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.

Red Hat severity

Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2008-02-12 18:00Z18 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-22 00:05Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2007-10-23

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

4578ce3f1d86b7674c93820055e0b41f8a22db304d52d50deb253773b74de2cd

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• www.adobe.comhttp://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-13.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.vupen.comADV-2008-1966http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1966/referencesvdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
• labs.idefense.com20080208 Adobe Reader and Acrobat Multiple Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilitieshttp://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=657third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
• oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9813https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9813vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
• www.adobe.comhttp://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa08-01.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• sunsolve.sun.com239286http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-239286-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
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• secunia.com29065http://secunia.com/advisories/29065third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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• secunia.com29205http://secunia.com/advisories/29205third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0144http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0144.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
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• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2007-5659government-resource