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CVE-2005-2470

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-2470 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability within a core application plug-in affecting Adobe Reader versions 5.1 through 7.0.2 and Adobe Acrobat versions 5.0 through 7.0.2. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to trigger a denial of service (application crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code through unspecified vectors. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered high severity due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
13.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1325 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

adobepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-2470Critical

security flaw

Aug 16, 2005

References

secunia.com / advisories/16466
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/21860
adobe.com / support/techdocs/321644.html
PatchVendor Advisory
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200508-11.xml
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/896220
US Government Resource
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-750.html
securityfocus.com / bid/14603
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/1434