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TI-2007-00042 Aliases CVE-2007-0046GHSA-q78c-5c63-6wq4

Double free vulnerability in the Adobe Acrobat Reader Plugin before 8.0.0, as used in…

Priority HIGH 66Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

Double free vulnerability in the Adobe Acrobat Reader Plugin before 8.0.0, as used in Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by causing an error via a javascript: URI call to document.write in the (1) FDF, (2) XML, or (3) XFDF AJAX request parameters.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.5679 99th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 2 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 7.0.8VulnerableAdobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 7.0.8 Vulnerable ·Adobe

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2007:0021 Released 2007-01-22 · Red Hat rating Critical
    Adobe Acrobat Reader security update
    • Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras acroread-7.0.9-1.1.1.EL3.i386, acroread-libs-atk-1.8.0-1.el3.i386, acroread-libs-glib2-2.4.7-1.i386 +4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras acroread-7.0.9-1.1.1.EL3.i386, acroread-libs-atk-1.8.0-1.el3.i386, acroread-libs-glib2-2.4.7-1.i386 +4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras acroread-7.0.9-1.1.1.EL3.i386, acroread-libs-atk-1.8.0-1.el3.i386, acroread-libs-glib2-2.4.7-1.i386 +4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras acroread-7.0.9-1.1.1.EL3.i386, acroread-libs-atk-1.8.0-1.el3.i386, acroread-libs-glib2-2.4.7-1.i386 +4
  • RHSA-2007:0017 Released 2007-01-11 · Red Hat rating Critical
    Adobe Acrobat Reader security update
    • Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras acroread-7.0.9-1.2.0.EL4.i386, acroread-plugin-7.0.9-1.2.0.EL4.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras acroread-7.0.9-1.2.0.EL4.i386, acroread-plugin-7.0.9-1.2.0.EL4.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras acroread-7.0.9-1.2.0.EL4.i386, acroread-plugin-7.0.9-1.2.0.EL4.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras acroread-7.0.9-1.2.0.EL4.i386, acroread-plugin-7.0.9-1.2.0.EL4.i386

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Critical. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Desktop version 3 ExtrasFixed RHSA-2007:0021
Red Hat Desktop version 4 ExtrasFixed RHSA-2007:0017
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 ExtrasFixed RHSA-2007:0021
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 ExtrasFixed RHSA-2007:0017
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 ExtrasFixed RHSA-2007:0021
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 ExtrasFixed RHSA-2007:0017
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 ExtrasFixed RHSA-2007:0021
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 ExtrasFixed RHSA-2007:0017

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2007-0046
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q78c-5c63-6wq4

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 6

Other 5

  • TI-2014-00524 Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.1.11 and 11.x before 11.0.08 on Windows allow… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2013-02915 Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.5.5, 10.x before 10.1.7, and 11.x before 11.0.03… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2013-02389 Integer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.5.5, 10.x before 10.1.7, and… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2011-02156 Unspecified vulnerability in the U3D component in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.1.1 and… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-09626 Adobe Acrobat Reader use after free vulnerability could lead to arbitrary code execution KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2021-04123 Acrobat Reader DC Heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Could Lead To Arbitrary Code Execution KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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