CVE-2007-5909: Activepdf Docconverter

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 20.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Autonomy (formerly Verity) KeyView Viewer, Filter, and Export SDK before 9.2.0.12, as used by ActivePDF DocConverter, IBM Lotus Notes before 7.0.3, Symantec Mail Security, and other products, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) AG file to kpagrdr.dll, (2) AW file to awsr.dll, (3) DLL or (4) EXE file to exesr.dll, (5) DOC file to mwsr.dll, (6) MIF file to mifsr.dll, (7) SAM file to lasr.dll, or (8) RTF file to rtfsr.dll. NOTE: the WPD (wp6sr.dll) vector is covered by CVE-2007-5910.

Affected products

• Activepdf Docconverter: version 3.8.2_.5 only
• Autonomy Keyview Export SDK: up to and including 9.2.0
• Autonomy Keyview Filter SDK: up to and including 9.2.0
• Autonomy Keyview Viewer SDK: up to and including 9.2.0
• IBM Lotus Notes: up to and including 7.0.2
• Symantec Mail Security: version 5.0 only; version 5.0.0 only; version 5.0.0.24 only; version 5.0.1 only; version 7.5 only

Published 2007-11-10. Last modified 2026-06-16.