CVE-2023-38226

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-824

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Aug 10, 2023
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2023-38226: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix