CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-81981

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 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

Risk of memory integrity violation and arbitrary code execution, potentially leading to system compromise.

Recommendation

Update Acrobat Reader to a patched version. Be especially cautious when opening PDF files from unknown 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