CVE-2023-38234 ZDI-CAN-21359: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Font Parsing Uninitialized Variable Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

2023-08-1013:17:25

CWE-824

adobe

www.cve.org

adobe

acrobat reader

font parsing

uninitialized variable

remote code execution

vulnerability

user interaction

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

0.007 Low

EPSS

Percentile

80.8%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

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    "vendor": "Adobe",
    "versions": [
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        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "versionType": "semver"
      }
    ]
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]