Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 20.005.30748/24.001.30225/25.001.20428 uninitialized pointer

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 20.005.30748/24.001.30225/25.001.20428. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation leads to uninitialized pointer. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-27162. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 20.005.30748/24.001.30225/25.001.20428 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a uninitialized pointer vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-824. The product accesses or uses a pointer that has not been initialized. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Acrobat Reader versions 24.001.30225, 20.005.30748, 25.001.20428 and earlier are affected by an Access of Uninitialized Pointer 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.

The advisory is shared at helpx.adobe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-27162 since 02/19/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (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). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Type

• 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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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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