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CVE-2003-0508 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Buffer overflow in the WWWLaunchNetscape function of Adobe A)

Buffer overflow in the WWWLaunchNetscape function of Adobe Acrobat Reader (acroread) 5.0.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .pdf file with a long mailto link.

CVE IDCVE-2003-0508
SeverityHIGH
CVSS score7.5
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2003-08-07
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the WWWLaunchNetscape function of Adobe Acrobat Reader (acroread) 5.0.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .pdf file with a long mailto link.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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