CVE-2025-27161: Acrobat Reader | Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)
Description
Acrobat Reader versions 24.001.30225, 20.005.30748, 25.001.20428 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.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2025-27161
CVSS Base Severity: HIGH
CVSS Base Score: 7.8
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Problem Types
Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)Affected Products
Vendor: Adobe
Product: Acrobat Reader
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.02% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 3.16% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-04-09 (when was this score calculated)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)
SSVC Exploitation: none
SSVC Technical Impact: total
SSVC Automatable: false
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-27161https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb25-14.html