CVE Catalog

CVE-2023-38237

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

High risk
2.13%

80th percentile - higher than 80% of all known CVEs

Summary

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. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Risk Assessment

Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to bypass mitigations such as ASLR, increasing the risk of sensitive data disclosure within the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Adobe Acrobat Reader to the latest version to mitigate the risks associated with this vulnerability.

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS