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CVE-2023-21608

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Published: Jan 18, 2023Modified: Oct 23, 2025CISA KEV

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7.8
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9
Source: psirt@adobe.com (Secondary)

Description

Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 22.003.20282 (and earlier), 22.003.20281 (and earlier) and 20.005.30418 (and earlier) are affected by a Use After Free 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.

Affected (6)

Adobe
4 products
Acrobat Dc
Acrobat Reader Dc
Acrobat
Acrobat Reader
Configuration A
2 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Acrobat Dc
From 15.008.20082 to 22.003.20282
Acrobat Reader Dc
From 15.008.20082 to 22.003.20282
Configuration B
2 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Acrobat Dc
From 15.008.20082 to 22.003.20281
Acrobat Reader Dc
From 15.008.20082 to 22.003.20281
Configuration C
2 vulnerable · 2 platform
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Acrobat
From 20.001.30005 to 20.005.30418
Acrobat Reader
From 20.001.30005 to 20.005.30418
Running on/withPlatform Versions
Apple
Macos
All versions
Microsoft
Windows
All versions

Related CWEs

CWE-416
Use After Free
The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.

References (3)

Source: psirt@adobe.com
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

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