CVE-2023-38226 — Access of Uninitialized Pointer in Adobe Acrobat

CWE-824 — Access of Uninitialized Pointer3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
5.2%
top 10.07%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Adobe AcrobatAdobe Acrobat DCAdobe Acrobat Reader+1 more
Timeline
PublishedAug 10

Description

Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 23.003.20244 (and earlier) and 20.005.30467 (and earlier) are affected by an Access of Uninitialized Pointer 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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages5 packages

▶NVDadobe/acrobat_reader20.001.30005 — 20.005.30516.10516+1
▶NVDadobe/acrobat_reader_dc15.008.20082 — 23.003.20269
▶CVEListV5adobe/acrobat_reader23.003.20244
▶NVDadobe/acrobat20.001.30005 — 20.005.30514.10514+1
▶NVDadobe/acrobat_dc15.008.20082 — 23.003.20269

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
CVEList
ZDI-CAN-21240: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Font Parsing Uninitialized Variable Remote Code Execution Vulnerability↗2023-08-10
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GHSA
GHSA-p87j-5w46-h7w5: Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 23↗2023-08-10
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