CVE-2023-38234 (GCVE-0-2023-38234)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-10 13:17 – Updated: 2025-02-27 21:05
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Summary
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.
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-824 - Access of Uninitialized Pointer (CWE-824)
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Vendor Product Version
Adobe Acrobat Reader Affected: 0 , ≤ 23.003.20244 (semver)
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