Adobe Acrobat and Reader Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Added to KEV
2022-06-08
Federal due date
2022-06-22
Vendor
Adobe
Product
Acrobat and Reader
EPSS
99.8th percentile (score 0.929, as of 2026-06-08)
NVD CVSS v3.1
Ransomware use
Unknown
Upstream
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5659

CISA short description

Adobe Acrobat and Reader contain a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute code via a PDF file with long arguments to unspecified JavaScript methods.

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

EPSS percentile is the FIRST.org exploit-probability ranking as of the date noted above; it moves daily. CVSS reflects NVD's analysis at time of publication.