security flaw
Published Jan 10, 2007
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 9.16%
Description
Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.0.8 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute code via a crafted PDF file that triggers memory corruption and overwrites a subroutine pointer during rendering.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 7.0.8
- 3.0
- 3.1
- 4.0
- 4.0.5
- 4.0.5a
- 4.0.5c
- 5.0
- 5.0.5
- 5.0.6
- 5.0.10
- 6.0
- 6.0.1
- 6.0.2
- 6.0.3
- 6.0.4
- 6.0.5
- 7.0
- 7.0.1
- 7.0.2
- 7.0.3
- 7.0.4
- 7.0.5
- 7.0.6
- 7.0.7
- ≤ 7.0.8
- 3.0
- 4.0
- 4.0.5
- 4.0.5a
- 4.0.5c
- 4.5
- 5.0
- 5.0.5
- 5.0.6
- 5.0.7
- 5.0.9
- 5.0.10
- 5.0.11
- 5.1
- 6.0
- 6.0.1
- 6.0.2
- 6.0.3
- 6.0.4
- 6.0.5
- 7.0
- 7.0.1
- 7.0.2
- 7.0.3
- 7.0.4
- 7.0.5
- 7.0.6
- 7.0.7
No data.
Extras for RHEL 3
acroread-0:7.0.9-1.1.1.EL3
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0021
Extras for RHEL 3
acroread-libs-atk-0:1.8.0-1.el3
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0021
Extras for RHEL 3
acroread-libs-glib2-0:2.4.7-1
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0021
Extras for RHEL 3
acroread-libs-gtk2-0:2.4.13-1.el3
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0021
Extras for RHEL 3
acroread-libs-gtk2-engines-0:2.2.0-1.el3
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0021
Extras for RHEL 3
acroread-libs-pango-0:1.6.0-1.el3
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0021
Extras for RHEL 4
acroread-0:7.0.9-1.2.0.EL4
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0017
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extras for RHEL 3 | acroread-0:7.0.9-1.1.1.EL3 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0021 |
| Extras for RHEL 3 | acroread-libs-atk-0:1.8.0-1.el3 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0021 |
| Extras for RHEL 3 | acroread-libs-glib2-0:2.4.7-1 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0021 |
| Extras for RHEL 3 | acroread-libs-gtk2-0:2.4.13-1.el3 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0021 |
| Extras for RHEL 3 | acroread-libs-gtk2-engines-0:2.2.0-1.el3 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0021 |
| Extras for RHEL 3 | acroread-libs-pango-0:1.6.0-1.el3 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0021 |
| Extras for RHEL 4 | acroread-0:7.0.9-1.2.0.EL4 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0017 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (18 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 9.16% (0.09155) | 95.18th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 9.09% (0.09089) | 94.62th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Feb 6, 2026 | 23.22% (0.23223) | 95.80th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Aug 29, 2025 | 20.03% (0.20034) | 95.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 7, 2025 | 22.24% (0.22237) | 95.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 23.64% (0.23643) | 95.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 32.70% (0.32702) | 95.10th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 27, 2025 | 23.64% (0.23643) | 95.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 22.31% (0.22311) | 95.35th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 88.17% (0.88168) | 98.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 21, 2023 | 48.16% (0.48157) | 97.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 13, 2023 | 47.72% (0.47715) | 97.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 6, 2023 | 44.14% (0.44138) | 96.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2023 | 36.99% (0.36987) | 96.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 29.43% (0.29434) | 96.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 9.92% (0.09915) | 94.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 9.92% (0.09915) | 94.04th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 9.92% (0.09915) | 87.53th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (26)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-01/0200.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0012.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://osvdb.org/31316 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23666 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23691 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23812 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23877 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23882 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24533 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-16.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017491 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102847-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb07-01.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/698924 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.piotrbania.com/all/adv/adobe-acrobat-adv.txt x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0021.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456491/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21981 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0115 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0957 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-5857 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1618228 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5857
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11698 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0017.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-5857
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.