Adobe Acrobat and Reader known exploited vulnerabilities
We track 21 CVEs in Adobe Acrobat and Reader. All of them are on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, meaning CISA has evidence of exploitation in the wild (listed 2021–2026). CISA flags 2 of them as used in ransomware campaigns. The most recent is CVE-2009-3459, added to KEV on .
Also listed as: Reader and Acrobat. CISA, NVD and vendor advisories name the same product differently; each CVE page keeps the wording from its source.
- CVEs tracked
- 21
- On CISA KEV
- 21
- Ransomware use
- 2
- Rated critical
- 4
Every Adobe Acrobat and Reader CVE we track
| CVE / Vulnerability | Severity | CVSS | EPSS | Added to KEV | Patch by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2009-3459 Adobe Acrobat and Reader Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability | [ HIGH ] | 8.8 | 86.6% | ||
| CVE-2026-34621 Adobe Acrobat and Reader Prototype Pollution Vulnerability | [ HIGH ] | 8.6 | 2.2% | ||
| CVE-2023-21608 Adobe Acrobat and Reader Use-After-Free Vulnerability | [ HIGH ] | 7.8 | 59.4% | ||
| CVE-2023-26369 Adobe Acrobat and Reader Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability | [ HIGH ] | 7.8 | 6.7% | ||
| CVE-2018-4990 Adobe Acrobat and Reader Double Free Vulnerability | [ HIGH ] | 8.8 | 36.2% | ||
| CVE-2011-2462 Adobe Reader and Acrobat Universal 3D Memory Corruption Vulnerability | [ CRITICAL ] | 9.8 | 88.9% | ||
| CVE-2010-2883 Adobe Acrobat and Reader Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability | [ HIGH ] | 7.3 | 81.4% | ||
| CVE-2009-4324 Adobe Acrobat and Reader Use-After-Free Vulnerability | [ HIGH ] | 7.8 | 81.9% | ||
| CVE-2009-3953 Adobe Acrobat and Reader Universal 3D Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | [ HIGH ] | 8.8 | 83.2% | ||
| CVE-2008-0655 Adobe Acrobat and Reader Unspecified Vulnerability | [ HIGH ] | 8.8 | 37.9% | ||
| CVE-2007-5659 Adobe Acrobat and Reader Buffer Overflow Vulnerability | [ HIGH ] | 7.8 | 87.4% | ||
| CVE-2014-0546 Adobe Reader and Acrobat Sandbox Bypass Vulnerability | [ CRITICAL ] | 9.8 | 22.3% | ||
| CVE-2013-2729 Adobe Reader and Acrobat Arbitrary Integer Overflow Vulnerability | [ CRITICAL ] | 9.8 | 66.6% | ||
| CVE-2009-0927 Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability | [ HIGH ] | 8.8 | 96.6% | ||
| CVE-2014-0496 Adobe Reader and Acrobat Use-After-Free Vulnerability | [ HIGH ] | 8.8 | 40.0% | ||
| CVE-2013-3346 Adobe Reader and Acrobat Memory Corruption Vulnerability | [ CRITICAL ] | 9.8 | 78.9% | ||
| CVE-2013-0640 Adobe Reader and Acrobat Memory Corruption Vulnerability | [ HIGH ] | 7.8 | 86.9% | ||
| CVE-2010-0188 Adobe Reader and Acrobat Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerabilityransomware use | [ HIGH ] | 7.8 | 88.2% | ||
| CVE-2008-2992 Adobe Reader and Acrobat Input Validation Vulnerabilityransomware use | [ HIGH ] | 7.8 | 98.5% | ||
| CVE-2021-28550 Adobe Acrobat and Reader Use-After-Free Vulnerability | [ HIGH ] | 8.8 | 51.9% | ||
| CVE-2021-21017 Adobe Acrobat and Reader Heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability | [ HIGH ] | 8.8 | 86.3% |
Sorted by date added to KEV. Severity and CVSS as stated by NVD or the vendor; EPSS from FIRST.org. "Patch by" is CISA's BOD 22-01 deadline for US federal agencies, a useful priority signal for everyone else. Machine-readable: /api/v1/vendors/adobe.json.
Other Adobe products
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