CVE-2023-21606: Adobe Acrobat

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 2.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 22.003.20282 (and earlier), 22.003.20281 (and earlier) and 20.005.30418 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds write 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.

Affected products

• Adobe Acrobat: from 20.001.30005, up to and including 20.005.30418
• Adobe Acrobat DC: from 15.008.20082, up to and including 22.003.20282; from 15.008.20082, up to and including 22.003.20281
• Adobe Acrobat Reader: from 20.001.30005, up to and including 20.005.30418
• Adobe Acrobat Reader DC: from 15.008.20082, up to and including 22.003.20282; from 15.008.20082, up to and including 22.003.20281

Published 2023-01-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.