CVE-2026-27278

Acrobat Reader | Use After Free (CWE-416)

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: Mar 10, 2026
Updated: Aug 27, 2026
Reserved: Feb 18, 2026

Description

Acrobat Reader versions 24.001.30307, 24.001.30308, 25.001.21265 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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	adobe

Weaknesses

CWE-416 Use After Free (CWE-416)

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Acrobat DCAdobe	25.001.21265 and earlierAffected 25.001.21288Not affected
Acrobat Reader DCAdobe	25.001.21265 and earlierAffected 25.001.21288Not affected
Acrobat 2024Adobe	24.001.30307 (Win), 24.001.30308 (Mac) and earlierAffected 24.001.30356Not affected

References

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb26-26.htmlvendor-advisory

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