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CVE-2026-81979 (GCVE-0-2026-81979)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-08 20:30 – Updated: 2026-09-09 09:54
VLAI
Title
Acrobat Reader | Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)
Summary
Acrobat Reader is 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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-09 04:27 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Adobe Adobe Acrobat Affected: 0 , ≤ 26.002.21900 (custom)
Unaffected: 26.002.21901 (custom)
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Adobe Acrobat Reader Affected: 0 , ≤ 26.002.21900 (custom)
Unaffected: 26.002.21901 (custom)
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Adobe Acrobat 2024 Affected: 0 , ≤ 24.001.30383 (custom)
Unaffected: 24.001.30429 (custom)
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Date Public
2026-09-08 17:00
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