CVE-2025-54257 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Acrobat Reader versions 24.001.30254, 20.005.30774, 25.001.20672 and earlier are affected by a Use After Free 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, and scope is unchanged.

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.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb25-85.html

History

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 23:15:00 +0000

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

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 20:15:00 +0000

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Description		Acrobat Reader versions 24.001.30254, 20.005.30774, 25.001.20672 and earlier are affected by a Use After Free 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, and scope is unchanged.
Title		Acrobat Reader \| Use After Free (CWE-416)
Weaknesses		CWE-416
References		https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb25-85.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: 2025-09-09T20:08:48.397Z

Updated: 2025-09-09T20:37:04.695Z

Reserved: 2025-07-17T21:15:02.455Z

Link: CVE-2025-54257

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-09-09T20:36:45.126Z

NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-09-09T20:15:44.560

Modified: 2025-09-09T20:15:44.560

Link: CVE-2025-54257

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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