Acrobat Reader vulnerabilitiesAnd the versions its exploited flaws hit.
Acrobat Reader is made by Adobe. We track 1,067 published vulnerabilities listed under that exact name, across 230 versions. 21 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 Reader Dc, so check those pages too.
The most recent Acrobat Reader flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2009-3459, on 20 May 2026. We keep watching the known-exploited list.
Is Acrobat Reader listed under other names? Yes.
Adobe also lists Acrobat Reader under more specific names, such as Acrobat Reader Dc and Acrobat Reader 2017. 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.
Which versions of Acrobat Reader do the exploited flaws hit?
Each exploited flaw lists the versions it affects, usually as ranges. "20.001.3005 to before 20.005.30524" means from 20.001.3005 up to, but not including, 20.005.30524. Find your version, then patch.
- CVE-2009-3459Exploited list, 20 May 2026
Adobe Acrobat and Reader Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
up to 9.0 - 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-2009-4324Exploited list, 8 Jun 2022
Adobe Acrobat and Reader Use-After-Free Vulnerability
8.0 to before 8.29.0 to before 9.3 - CVE-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-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-2011-2462Exploited list, 8 Jun 2022
Adobe Reader and Acrobat Universal 3D Memory Corruption Vulnerability
up to 10.1.19.0 to 9.4.6 - 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-2009-0927Exploited list, 25 Mar 2022
Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
7.0 to before 7.1.18.0 to before 8.1.39.0 to before 9.1 - 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-2011-0611Exploited list, 3 Mar 2022
Adobe Flash Player Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
9.0 to before 9.4.410.0 to before 10.0.3 - 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-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-2008-2992Exploited list, 3 Mar 2022
Adobe Reader and Acrobat Input Validation Vulnerability
up to 8.1.2 - 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-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 - CVE-2021-21017Exploited list, 3 Nov 2021
Adobe Acrobat and Reader Heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
17.0 to 17.011.3018820.0 to 20.001.300183
Which Acrobat Reader vulnerabilities are being exploited?
21 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.
- 9.3Adobe 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.
- 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 Acrobat and Reader Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Adobe Acrobat and Reader contain a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute code via a PDF file with long arguments to unspecified JavaScript methods.
- 8.8Adobe Acrobat and Reader Unspecified Vulnerability
Adobe Acrobat and Reader contains an unespecified vulnerability described as a design flaw which could allow a specially crafted file to be printed silently an arbitrary number of times.
- 7.8Adobe Acrobat and Reader, Flash Player Unspecified Vulnerability
Adobe Acrobat and Reader and Adobe Flash Player 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).
Which Acrobat Reader 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...
- 97%
Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat 9 before 9.1, 8 before 8.1.3 , and 7 before 7.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted argument to the getIcon method of a...
- 94%
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.
- 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%
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...
- 86%
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%
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...
- 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.
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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 1,067 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Acrobat Reader, across 230 versions. The most recent Acrobat Reader flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2009-3459, on 20 May 2026.
21 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 Reader under more specific names, such as Acrobat Reader Dc and Acrobat Reader 2017. 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 up to 9.0. The versions for every exploited flaw are listed on this page.
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