CVE-2005-0492 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0.3 and 7.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a PDF file that contains a negative Count value in the root page node.

Published: 2005-02-21

Score: 2.6 Low

EPSS: 1.8% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:6.0.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:7.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-0493	Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0.3 and 7.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a PDF file that contains a negative Count value in the root page node.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01789.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110879063511486&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/14813
http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/331468.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0310
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19946

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Adobe Acrobat Reader

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-02-21T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T21:13:54.330Z

Reserved: 2005-02-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-0492

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-05-02T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-0492

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-20

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