CVE-2023-38232: Adobe Acrobat

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 2.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 23.003.20244 (and earlier) and 20.005.30467 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. 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 20.005.30516.10516; from 20.001.30005, before 20.005.30514.10514 (fixed in 20.005.30514.10514)
• Adobe Acrobat DC: from 15.008.20082, before 23.003.20269 (fixed in 23.003.20269)
• Adobe Acrobat Reader: from 20.001.30005, before 20.005.30516.10516 (fixed in 20.005.30516.10516); from 20.001.30005, before 20.005.30514.10514 (fixed in 20.005.30514.10514)
• Adobe Acrobat Reader DC: from 15.008.20082, before 23.003.20269 (fixed in 23.003.20269)

Published 2023-08-10. Last modified 2026-06-17.