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CVE-2005-2470

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Description

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

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21860

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1434

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14603

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-750.html

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.html

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/896220

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200508-11.xml

http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/321644.html

http://securitytracker.com/id?1014712

http://secunia.com/advisories/16466

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-08-16

Updated: 2025-04-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.07223

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