Acrobat vulnerabilitiesAnd the versions its exploited flaws hit.
Acrobat is made by Adobe. We track 1,339 published vulnerabilities listed under that exact name, across 253 versions. 23 of them are on the list of flaws known to be exploited, the newest added on 20 May 2026. Adobe lists newer releases under their own names, such as Acrobat Dc, so check those pages too.
The most recent Acrobat flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2009-3459, on 20 May 2026. We keep watching the known-exploited list.
Is Acrobat listed under other names? Yes.
Adobe also lists Acrobat under more specific names, such as Acrobat Dc and Acrobat Reader Dc. Flaws listed only under those names are counted on their own pages, not here. If you run one of these, open its page for its own exploited flaws.
- Acrobat Dc1,761 published vulnerabilities
- Acrobat Reader Dc1,761 published vulnerabilities
- Acrobat Reader1,067 published vulnerabilities
- Acrobat 20174 published vulnerabilities
- Acrobat 3d4 published vulnerabilities
- Acrobat Reader 20174 published vulnerabilities
- Acrobat Xi3 published vulnerabilities
- Acrobat Business Tools1 published vulnerability
Which versions of Acrobat do the exploited flaws hit?
Each exploited flaw lists the versions it affects, usually as ranges. "7.0 to before 7.1.4" means from 7.0 up to, but not including, 7.1.4. Find your version, then patch.
- CVE-2009-3459Exploited list, 20 May 2026
Adobe Acrobat and Reader Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
7.0 to before 7.1.48.0 to before 8.1.79.0 to before 9.2 - CVE-2023-21608Exploited list, 10 Oct 2023
Adobe Acrobat and Reader Use-After-Free Vulnerability
20.001.30005 to 20.005.30418 - CVE-2023-26369Exploited list, 14 Sep 2023
Adobe Acrobat and Reader Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability
20.001.3005 to before 20.005.30524 - CVE-2009-3953Exploited list, 8 Jun 2022
Adobe Acrobat and Reader Universal 3D Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
7.0 to before 7.1.48.0 to before 8.29.0 to before 9.3 - CVE-2009-4324Exploited list, 8 Jun 2022
Adobe Acrobat and Reader Use-After-Free Vulnerability
8.0 to before 8.29.0 to before 9.3 - CVE-2010-1297Exploited list, 8 Jun 2022
Adobe Flash Player Memory Corruption Vulnerability
8.0 to before 8.2.39.0 to before 9.3.3 - CVE-2010-2883Exploited list, 8 Jun 2022
Adobe Acrobat and Reader Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
8.0 to before 8.2.59.0 to before 9.4 - CVE-2011-0609Exploited list, 8 Jun 2022
Adobe Flash Player Unspecified Vulnerability
9.0 to 9.4.210.010.0.1 - CVE-2007-5659Exploited list, 8 Jun 2022
Adobe Acrobat and Reader Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
before 8.1.2 - CVE-2008-0655Exploited list, 8 Jun 2022
Adobe Acrobat and Reader Unspecified Vulnerability
before 8.1.2 - CVE-2009-1862Exploited list, 8 Jun 2022
Adobe Acrobat and Reader, Flash Player Unspecified Vulnerability
9.0 to 9.1.2 - CVE-2011-2462Exploited list, 8 Jun 2022
Adobe Reader and Acrobat Universal 3D Memory Corruption Vulnerability
up to 10.1.1 - CVE-2014-0546Exploited list, 25 May 2022
Adobe Reader and Acrobat Sandbox Bypass Vulnerability
10.0 to before 10.1.1111.0 to before 11.0.08 - CVE-2013-2729Exploited list, 28 Mar 2022
Adobe Reader and Acrobat Arbitrary Integer Overflow Vulnerability
9.0 to before 9.5.510.0 to before 10.1.711.0 to before 11.0.03 - CVE-2013-0641Exploited list, 3 Mar 2022
Adobe Reader Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
9.0 to before 9.5.410.0 to before 10.1.611.0 to before 11.0.02 - CVE-2013-3346Exploited list, 3 Mar 2022
Adobe Reader and Acrobat Memory Corruption Vulnerability
9.0 to before 9.5.510.0 to before 10.1.711.0 to before 11.0.03 - CVE-2014-0496Exploited list, 3 Mar 2022
Adobe Reader and Acrobat Use-After-Free Vulnerability
10.0 to before 10.1.911.0 to before 11.0.6 - CVE-2011-0611Exploited list, 3 Mar 2022
Adobe Flash Player Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
9.0 to before 9.410.0 to before 10.0.3 - CVE-2013-0640Exploited list, 3 Mar 2022
Adobe Reader and Acrobat Memory Corruption Vulnerability
9.0 to before 9.5.410.0 to before 10.1.611.0 to before 11.0.02 - CVE-2010-0188Exploited list, 3 Mar 2022
Adobe Reader and Acrobat Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
8.0 to before 8.2.19.0 to before 9.3.1 - CVE-2008-2992Exploited list, 3 Mar 2022
Adobe Reader and Acrobat Input Validation Vulnerability
up to 8.1.2 - CVE-2021-21017Exploited list, 3 Nov 2021
Adobe Acrobat and Reader Heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
17.0 to 17.011.3018820.0 to 20.001.30018 - CVE-2021-28550Exploited list, 3 Nov 2021
Adobe Acrobat and Reader Use-After-Free Vulnerability
17.011.30059 to 17.011.3019420.001.30005 to 20.001.30020
Which Acrobat vulnerabilities are being exploited?
23 flaws are on the government list of vulnerabilities known to be exploited. These are the ones criminals are using now, so they go first, whatever their severity score says.
- 8.8Adobe Acrobat and Reader Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Adobe Acrobat and Reader contain a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file that triggers memory corruption.
- 7.8Adobe Acrobat and Reader Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Adobe Acrobat and Reader contains a use-after-free vulnerability that allows for code execution in the context of the current user.
- 7.8Adobe Acrobat and Reader Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability
Adobe Acrobat and Reader contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that allows for code execution.
- 8.8Adobe Acrobat and Reader Universal 3D Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Adobe Acrobat and Reader contains an array boundary issue in Universal 3D (U3D) support that could lead to remote code execution.
- 7.8Adobe Acrobat and Reader Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat and Reader allows remote attackers to execute code via a crafted PDF file.
- 7.8Adobe Flash Player Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Adobe Flash Player contains a memory corruption vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute code or cause denial-of-service (DoS).
- 7.3Adobe Acrobat and Reader Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Adobe Acrobat and Reader contain a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute code or cause denial-of-service (DoS).
- 7.8Adobe Flash Player Unspecified Vulnerability
Adobe Flash Player contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute code or cause denial-of-service (DoS).
Which Acrobat flaws are most likely to be used?
Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.
- >99%
Adobe Flash Player before 10.2.154.27 on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Solaris and 10.2.156.12 and earlier on Android; Adobe AIR before 2.6.19140; and Authplay.dll (aka AuthPlayLib.bundle) in Adobe Reader 9.x before...
- 98%
Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Acrobat and Reader 8.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF file that calls the util.printf JavaScript function with a crafted format string...
- 89%
Unspecified vulnerability in the U3D component in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.1.1 and earlier on Windows and Mac OS X, and Adobe Reader 9.x through 9.4.6 on UNIX, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or...
- 88%
Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.x before 8.2.1 and 9.x before 9.3.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
- 88%CVE-2009-0658High
Buffer overflow in Adobe Reader 9.0 and earlier, and Acrobat 9.0 and earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document, related to a non-JavaScript function call and possibly an...
- 87%
Multiple buffer overflows in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.1.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF file with long arguments to unspecified JavaScript methods.
- 87%
Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.5.4, 10.x before 10.1.6, and 11.x before 11.0.02 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted PDF document, as...
- 87%
Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.x before 7.1.4, 8.x before 8.1.7, and 9.x before 9.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file that triggers memory corruption,...
- 86%
Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 2020.013.20074 (and earlier), 2020.001.30018 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30188 (and earlier) are affected by a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability.
- 83%
The U3D implementation in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3, 8.x before 8.2 on Windows and Mac OS X, and 7.x before 7.1.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed U3D data in a PDF...
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Adobe Acrobat and Reader contain a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file that triggers memory corruption.
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We track 1,339 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Acrobat, across 253 versions. The most recent Acrobat flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2009-3459, on 20 May 2026.
23 are on the list of flaws known to be exploited. The most recently added are CVE-2009-3459, CVE-2023-21608 and CVE-2023-26369.
Adobe also lists Acrobat under more specific names, such as Acrobat Dc and Acrobat Reader Dc. Flaws listed only under those names are counted on their own pages, not here. Open the release you run to see its own list.
Each flaw names its own versions, usually as ranges. The newest, CVE-2009-3459, affects 7.0 to before 7.1.4, 8.0 to before 8.1.7, 9.0 to before 9.2. The versions for every exploited flaw are listed on this page.
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