adobe acrobat CVE-2026-79908 vulnerability in Adobe Products
Published on September 8, 2026

Acrobat Reader | Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)

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Acrobat Reader is affected by an out-of-bounds write 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.

Vendor Advisory NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2026-79908 is exploitable with local system access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
REQUIRED
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

What is a Memory Corruption Vulnerability?

The software writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Typically, this can result in corruption of data, a crash, or code execution. The software may modify an index or perform pointer arithmetic that references a memory location that is outside of the boundaries of the buffer. A subsequent write operation then produces undefined or unexpected results.

CVE-2026-79908 has been classified to as a Memory Corruption vulnerability or weakness.


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Affected Versions

Adobe Acrobat: Adobe Acrobat Reader: Adobe Acrobat 2024: