CVE-2004-0631

critical

Description

Buffer overflow in the uudecoding feature for Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0.5 and 5.0.6 for Unix and Linux, and possibly other versions including those before 5.0.9, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename for the PDF file that is provided to the uudecode command.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16972

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2004-0630

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10932

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-432.html

http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=125&type=vulnerabilities

http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/322914.html

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200408-14.xml

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2004-08-18

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.09822