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CVE-2023-21608
CWE-416
Critical
91.4
RPSRPS range: 0–105; KEV-listed vulnerabilities can receive an exploitation amplifier.
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.
Source: NVD
Signals
- CVSS
- 7.8
- High · v3.1
- EPSS
- 61.47%
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (FIRST)
- CISA KEV
- In CISA KEV since Oct 2023
- Fix commit
- No known fix commit
- Sources: MoreFixes, FreshFixes
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Published
- 18 Jan 2023
- Last modified 23 Oct 2025
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Data as of 7 Oct 2026, 05:16 UK time