CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-79909

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

6th percentile - higher than 6% of all known CVEs

Summary

Acrobat Reader is affected by a Use After Free 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 gain control of the victim's system after opening a malicious file, potentially leading to data theft or malware installation.

Recommendation

Immediately update Acrobat Reader to a patched version and avoid opening suspicious files.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Acrobat Reader is affected by a Use After Free 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