Adobe Acrobat and Reader Use-After-Free Vulnerability

[ Why it matters ]Priority signals

• Exploited in the wild: on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list since 2023-10-10
• EPSS: 59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (higher than 99% of CVEs)

[ Description ]Official 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.

CISA: Adobe Acrobat and Reader contains a use-after-free vulnerability that allows for code execution in the context of the current user.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

CISA required action (US federal deadline 31 Oct 2023): Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.

[ References ]References

• helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb23-01.htmlVendor Advisory
• www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalogThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource