{"id":"CVE-2003-0508","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2003-0508","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:32:29.900Z","title":"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.","description":"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.","published":"2003-08-07T04:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:02:20.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["adobe/acrobat reader"],"epss":{"score":0.06987,"percentile":0.94104,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2003-07-01","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":22846,"kind":"exploit","title":"Adobe Unix Acrobat Reader 4.0/5.0 - WWWLaunchNetscape Buffer Overflow","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/22846","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/dos/22846.pl","file":"exploits/linux/dos/22846.pl","published":"2003-07-01","added":"2003-07-01","updated":"2012-11-20","author":"Paul Szabo","type":"dos","platform":"linux","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2003-0508","OSVDB-9292"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8069/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 7.0%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105709569312583&w=2","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105785749721291&w=2","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105709569312583&w=2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105785749721291&w=2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0508","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}