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FKIE_CVE-2005-2470

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2005-08-16 04:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:14
Severity
Summary
Buffer overflow in a "core application plug-in" for Adobe Reader 5.1 through 7.0.2 and Acrobat 5.0 through 7.0.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/16466
cve@mitre.orghttp://securitytracker.com/id?1014712
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/321644.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200508-11.xml
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/896220US Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-750.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14603
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1434
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21860
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/16466
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1014712
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/321644.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200508-11.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/896220US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-750.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14603
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1434
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21860
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
adobe acrobat 5.0
adobe acrobat 5.0.5
adobe acrobat 6.0
adobe acrobat 6.0.1
adobe acrobat 6.0.2
adobe acrobat 7.0
adobe acrobat 7.0.1
adobe acrobat 7.0.2
adobe acrobat_reader 5.1
adobe acrobat_reader 6.0
adobe acrobat_reader 6.0.1
adobe acrobat_reader 6.0.2
adobe acrobat_reader 6.0.3
adobe acrobat_reader 7.0
adobe acrobat_reader 7.0.1
adobe acrobat_reader 7.0.2
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