CVE-2023-26369
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-09-13 08:17
Modified
2025-02-04 18:04
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
psirt@adobe.comhttps://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb23-34.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb23-34.htmlVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Adobe Acrobat Reader Version: 0   ≤ 20.005.30514
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Data from the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2023-09-14

Due date: 2023-10-05

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

Used in ransomware: Unknown

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

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