CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-81985

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.20%

10th percentile - higher than 10% 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

Risk of malicious code execution in the user context, potentially leading to data theft or further privilege escalation.

Recommendation

Install the latest security updates for Acrobat Reader. Educate users about the risks of opening unknown 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