CVE-2023-38223

HIGH

Adobe Acrobat Reader <23.003.20244,20.005.30467 - RCE

Title source: llm

Description

Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 23.003.20244 (and earlier) and 20.005.30467 (and earlier) are affected by an Access of Uninitialized Pointer 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.

References (1)

[Release Notes, Vendor Advisory] https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb23-30.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0519

EPSS Percentile 89.9%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-824

Status published

Products (4)

adobe/acrobat 20.001.30005 - 20.005.30516.10516

adobe/acrobat_dc 15.008.20082 - 23.003.20269

adobe/acrobat_reader 20.001.30005 - 20.005.30516.10516

adobe/acrobat_reader_dc 15.008.20082 - 23.003.20269

Published Aug 10, 2023

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026