CVE-2023-38229

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 out-of-bounds read 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.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Release Notes, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb23-30.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0488

EPSS Percentile 89.6%

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-125

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