CVE-2026-81985 - Acrobat Reader | Use After Free (CWE-416)

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HIGH

Acrobat Reader | Use After Free (CWE-416)

Published Sep 8, 2026

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.38%

Description

Acrobat Reader is 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.

Affected products

Vendor Adobe Product Acrobat 2024 Default
unaffected
- Version
  0
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <=24.001.30383
- Version
  24.001.30429
  Status
  unaffected
  Constraints
  -
Vendor Adobe Product Acrobat Reader Default
unaffected
- Version
  0
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <=26.002.21900
- Version
  26.002.21901
  Status
  unaffected
  Constraints
  -
Vendor Adobe Product Adobe Acrobat Default
unaffected
- Version
  0
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <=26.002.21900
- Version
  26.002.21901
  Status
  unaffected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

Adobe

Acrobat 2024

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
0	affected	<=24.001.30383
24.001.30429	unaffected	-

Adobe

Acrobat Reader

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
0	affected	<=26.002.21900
26.002.21901	unaffected	-

Adobe

Adobe Acrobat

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
0	affected	<=26.002.21900
26.002.21901	unaffected	-

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-416

Use After Free

References (2)

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-74203
Advisory
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb26-141.html
vendor-advisoryVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-74203		Advisory
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb26-141.html		vendor-advisoryVendor Advisory