High severity · published Jun 10, 2025
CVE-2025-43576
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…
7.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 46% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AC
Acrobat · Adobe
20.001.30002 before 20.005.30774; 24.0.0 before 24.001.30254 · source: NVD
AD
Acrobat DC · Adobe
15.008.20082 before 25.001.20531; 15.008.20082 before 25.001.20529 · source: NVD
AR
Acrobat Reader · Adobe
20.001.30002 before 20.005.30774 · source: NVD
AR
Acrobat Reader DC · Adobe
15.008.20082 before 25.001.20531; 15.008.20082 before 25.001.20529 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-43576
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-43576
Vendor Advisory
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb25-57.html
Technical Description
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2025-2170
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