Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 25.001.20982 File Parser out-of-bounds

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 20.005.30793/20.005.30803/24.001.30264/24.001.30273/25.001.20982. This affects an unknown function of the component File Parser. Such manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-64899. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 20.005.30793/20.005.30803/24.001.30264/24.001.30273/25.001.20982 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component File Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Acrobat Reader versions 24.001.30264, 20.005.30793, 25.001.20982, 24.001.30273, 20.005.30803 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability when parsing a crafted file, which could result in a read past the end of an allocated memory structure. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute code 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 for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-64899 since 11/11/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. 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 12/10/2025).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Document Reader Software

Vendor

• Adobe

Name

• Acrobat Reader

Version

• 20.005.30793
• 20.005.30803
• 24.001.30264
• 24.001.30273
• 25.001.20982

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• free

Website

• Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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