CVE-2023-38246 HIGH

CVE-2023-38246: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC ActiveX Control (AxAcroPDFLib.AxAcroPDF) stack-based stale pointer vulnerability

Vendor Adobe
Product Acrobat Reader
Weakness CWE-824
Published August 10, 2023
Last update May 28, 2026

CVSS base score

7.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 23.003.20244 (and earlier) and 20.005.30467 (and earlier) are affected by an Access of Uninitialized Pointer 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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 10, 2023 CVE published
May 28, 2026 Record updated