CVE-2003-0508

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.5/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Aug 7, 2003
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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