CVE-2003-0508: Adobe Acrobat Reader

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Adobe Acrobat Reader: up to and including 5.0.7

Published 2003-08-07. Last modified 2026-06-16.