What is CVE-2025-27159?

CVE-2025-27159 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-03-11.

How severe is CVE-2025-27159?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Use After Free in Adobe Acrobat

CVE-2025-27159

Acrobat Reader versions 24.001.30225, 20.005.30748, 25.001.20428 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 requir…

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.003 (26.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Adobe Acrobat
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Adobe Acrobat Reader — versions 0
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Apple Macos
Microsoft Windows

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

References

psirt@adobe.com (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-27159?: CVE-2025-27159 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-03-11.
How severe is CVE-2025-27159?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.