Is CVE-2007-5659 being actively exploited?

Yes. CVE-2007-5659 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, added on June 8, 2022.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2007-5659?

CVE-2007-5659 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

CVE-2007-5659

HIGH · CVSS 7.8CISA KEV: actively exploitedEPSS 87.4%EU EUVD: exploited

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.8 (v3.1)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-120
EPSS score: 87.4% (100th percentile)
In CISA KEV: Yes, added June 8, 2022
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2007-5631)
Published: February 12, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Analyzed

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Adobe Acrobat and Reader Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Added to the KEV catalog on June 8, 2022; federal remediation due June 22, 2022.

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-5631 in the EU Vulnerability Database. ENISA flags it as known exploited. Last updated in EUVD on October 22, 2025.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

adobe / acrobat
adobe / acrobat reader

References

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=657(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29065(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29205(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30840(Broken Link)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-01.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-239286-1(Broken Link)
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa08-01.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-13.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/666281(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0144.html(Broken Link)
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-043A.html(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1966/references(Broken Link)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9813(Broken Link)
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2007-5659(US Government Resource)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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