{
    "id": "CVE-2023-21608",
    "published": "2023-01-18 19:15:11",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 05:33:17",
    "cvss_score": "7.8",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-416",
    "description": "Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 22.003.20282 (and earlier), 22.003.20281 (and earlier) and 20.005.30418 (and earlier) are 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.",
    "epss_score": "0.61475",
    "epss_percentile": "0.99141",
    "kev": 1,
    "kev_due": "2023-10-31",
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-26 18:30:58",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 1,
        "label": "Patch first",
        "why": "On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2023-10-31."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "adobe",
            "product": "acrobat"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "adobe",
            "product": "acrobat_dc"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "adobe",
            "product": "acrobat_reader"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "adobe",
            "product": "acrobat_reader_dc"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "apple",
            "product": "macos"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": {
        "cve_id": "CVE-2023-21608",
        "date_added": "2023-10-10",
        "due_date": "2023-10-31",
        "vendor": "Adobe",
        "product": "Acrobat and Reader",
        "name": "Adobe Acrobat and Reader Use-After-Free Vulnerability",
        "ransomware": 0
    },
    "exploits": [],
    "refs_list": [
        "https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb23-01.html",
        "https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb23-01.html",
        "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-21608"
    ]
}