Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 20.005.30763/24.001.30235/25.001.20521 out-of-bounds

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 20.005.30763/24.001.30235/25.001.20521. This issue affects some unknown processing. This manipulation causes out-of-bounds. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-47112. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 20.005.30763/24.001.30235/25.001.20521. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Acrobat Reader versions 24.001.30235, 20.005.30763, 25.001.20521 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.

It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-47112 since 04/30/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/25/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 238099 (Adobe Reader < 20.005.30774 / 25.001.20529 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB25-57) (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 (238099). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Document Reader Software

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• Adobe

Name

• Acrobat Reader

Version

• 20.005.30763
• 24.001.30235
• 25.001.20521

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• free

Website

• Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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