CVE-2023-22242: Adobe Acrobat

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.5% 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, before 20.005.30436 (fixed in 20.005.30436)
  • Adobe Acrobat DC: before 22.003.20310 (fixed in 22.003.20310)
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader: from 20.001.30005, before 20.005.30436 (fixed in 20.005.30436)
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader DC: before 22.003.20310 (fixed in 22.003.20310)

Published 2023-01-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.