TALOS-2023-1842 - Adobe Acrobat Reader U3D page event use-after-free vulnerability

published 2023-11-16 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-48726

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.6%; EPSS 2.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 85%
public exploits: 0; none known

Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 23.006.20360 (and earlier) and 20.005.30524 (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.

Patch / fix

fixed in 3

adobe acrobat_dc 23.006.20380
adobe acrobat_reader_dc 23.006.20380
adobe acrobat_reader 20.005.30539

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago (2023-11-16)

Exploit prediction

2.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Adobe Acrobat Reader

Classification

Weakness

CWE-416 Use After Free

References

helpx.adobe.com /security/products/acrobat/apsb23-54.htm
vendor-advisory, broken-link
talosintelligence.com /vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1842
helpx.adobe.com /security/products/acrobat/apsb23-54.html

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-44372
NVD CVE-2023-44372

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Summary