Adobe Acrobat and Reader Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-26369
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-09-13 09:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-09-15 13:44:00 UTC
DescriptionAcrobat Reader versions 23.003.20284 (and earlier), 20.005.30516 (and earlier) and 20.005.30514 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.005630000 probability, percentile 0.684320000 (date 2026-04-30)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2023-09-14; due 2023-10-05; ransomware use Unknown

Problem Types: CWE-787

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorAdobe
ProductAcrobat and Reader
NameAdobe Acrobat and Reader Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability
Required ActionApply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Noteshttps://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb23-34.html; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-26369

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Adobe Acrobat All All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Dc All All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader All All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader Dc All All All All
Operating System Apple Macos - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Adobe Security Bulletin MISC helpx.adobe.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev
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