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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2025-43576 json

Acrobat Reader | Use After Free (CWE-416)

published 2025-06-10 16 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-17821

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 47%
public exploits
0
none known

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.

Patch / fix

  • adobe acrobat_dc 25.001.20529, 25.001.20531
  • adobe acrobat_reader_dc 25.001.20529, 25.001.20531
  • adobe acrobat 20.005.30774, 24.001.30254
  • adobe acrobat_reader 20.005.30774

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
16 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47% 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

Affected products

  • Adobe Acrobat Reader

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.