Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 20.005.30748/24.001.30225/25.001.20428 out-of-bounds

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A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 20.005.30748/24.001.30225/25.001.20428. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation results in out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2025-27164. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 20.005.30748/24.001.30225/25.001.20428. Affected is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Acrobat Reader versions 24.001.30225, 20.005.30748, 25.001.20428 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-27164 since 02/19/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 03/12/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 232599 (Adobe Reader < 20.005.30763 / 25.001.20432 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB25-14) (macOS)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (232599). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• Document Reader Software

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• Adobe

Name

• Acrobat Reader

Version

• 20.005.30748
• 24.001.30225
• 25.001.20428

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• free

Website

• Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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