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Adobe Acrobat and Reader Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV
2023-09-14
Remediation due
2023-10-05

Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

CISA notes
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb23-34.html; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-26369

Description

Acrobat 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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CNA7.8 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC · CISA-ADP
Exploitationactive
Automatableno
Technical impacttotal

Affected Products

VendorProductAffected versions
AdobeAcrobat Reader
0 to 20.005.30514

References

1 Links

Record Details

Published
2023-09-13
Last updated
2025-10-21
Assigner (CNA)
adobe
Credited to
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