CVE-2026-48373 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Acrobat Reader is affected by a Heap-based Buffer Overflow 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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Adobe	Acrobat Reader

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References

Link	Providers
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb26-63.html

History

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 03:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Adobe Adobe acrobat Reader
Vendors & Products		Adobe Adobe acrobat Reader

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Acrobat Reader is affected by a Heap-based Buffer Overflow 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.
Title		Acrobat Reader \| Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122)
Weaknesses		CWE-122
References		https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb26-63.html
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published: 2026-07-17T19:29:39.303Z

Updated: 2026-07-23T03:56:11.342Z

Reserved: 2026-05-21T15:28:38.141Z

Link: CVE-2026-48373

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-21T02:04:43.802Z

NVD

No data.

Redhat

No data.

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