CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-79908

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.18%

7th percentile - higher than 7% of all known CVEs

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 requires user interaction, such as opening a malicious file.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this to execute malicious code, potentially leading to full control of the victim's system after opening a malicious file.

Recommendation

Update Acrobat Reader to the latest patched version and be cautious when opening files from untrusted sources.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

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