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    CVE-2006-5857

    Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.0.8 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute code via a crafted PDF file that triggers memory corruption and overwrites a subroutine pointer during rendering.

    Published:Dec 31, 2006
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Jan 10, 2007
    EPSS Score:0.23223
    CVSS Score:9.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Adobe
    Product
    Acrobat
    Vendor
    Adobe
    Product
    Acrobat Reader
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Extras

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

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    CVE-2026-81989 (CVSS 7.8) — Acrobat Reader is affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in …
    CVE-2026-81991 (CVSS 5.5) — Acrobat Reader is affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive m…
    CVE-2026-81980 (CVSS 7.8) — Acrobat Reader is affected by an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code executi…
    CVE-2026-81990 (CVSS 7.8) — Acrobat Reader is affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in …
    CVE-2026-81987 (CVSS 7.8) — Acrobat Reader is affected by an Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability that could result in arbitrary c…
    CVE-2026-79910 (CVSS 5.5) — Acrobat Reader is affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive m…
    CVE-2026-81993 (CVSS 5.5) — Acrobat Reader is affected by a Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sens…
    CVE-2026-79907 (CVSS 7.8) — Acrobat Reader is affected by a Double Free vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the…
    CVE-2026-79909 (CVSS 7.8) — Acrobat Reader is affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in …

    References

    http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-01/0200.html
    http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0012.html
    http://osvdb.org/31316
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23666
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23691
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23812
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23877
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23882
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24533
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-16.xml
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1017491
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102847-1
    http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb07-01.html
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/698924
    http://www.piotrbania.com/all/adv/adobe-acrobat-adv.txt
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0021.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456491/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21981
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0115
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0957
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11698
    https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0017.html
    http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-01/0200.html
    http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0012.html
    http://osvdb.org/31316
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23666
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23691
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23812
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23877
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23882
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24533
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-16.xml
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1017491
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102847-1
    http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb07-01.html
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/698924
    http://www.piotrbania.com/all/adv/adobe-acrobat-adv.txt
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0021.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456491/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21981
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0115
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0957
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11698
    https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0017.html

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High