CVE-2025-43577 (GCVE-0-2025-43577)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-10 19:11 – Updated: 2026-02-26 17:50
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Title
Acrobat Reader | Use After Free (CWE-416)
Summary
Acrobat Reader versions 24.001.30235, 20.005.30763, 25.001.20521 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.
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-416 - Use After Free (CWE-416)
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Adobe Acrobat Reader Affected: 0 , ≤ 25.001.20521 (semver)
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Date Public ?
2025-06-10 17:00
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