CVE-2007-0046

Exp

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.

Published: 2007-01-03 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-0046 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.6/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 55.68%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2007-0046

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
3084 exploit_db edb 2007-01-05 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-0046

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 64.86% 55.68% -9.18%
2 2025-08-22 67.26% 64.86% -2.40%
3 2025-03-30 67.26%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-0046

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-0046

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-0046

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2007-0046: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2007-0046
gentoo normal CVE-2007-0046: 1 GLSA(s) (200701-16), 1 atom(s) (app-text/acroread); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-0046
redhat critical https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-0046
ubuntu medium CVE-2007-0046 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (acroread), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 2, DNE 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-0046

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-0046

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
adobe acrobat_reader <= 7.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-0046

URL Tags
http://events.ccc.de/congress/2006/Fahrplan/attachments/1158-Subverting_Ajax.pdf
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0012.html
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://securityreason.com/securityalert/2090
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017469
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102847-1
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb07-01.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0021.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455801/100/0/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0032
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0957
http://www.wisec.it/vulns.php?page=9 Exploit Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31272
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9684
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0017.html
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