Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-43577

High

Published: 10 June 2025

Published
10 June 2025
Modified
27 June 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0015 35.7th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-43577 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat Dc. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 35.7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Acrobat Reader versions 24.001.30235, 20.005.30763, 25.001.20521 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 requires user interaction in that a…

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victim must open a malicious file.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

adobe
acrobat dc
15.008.20082 — 25.001.20531 · 15.008.20082 — 25.001.20529
adobe
acrobat reader dc
15.008.20082 — 25.001.20531 · 15.008.20082 — 25.001.20529
adobe
acrobat
20.001.30002 — 20.005.30774 · 24.0.0 — 24.001.30254
adobe
acrobat reader
20.001.30002 — 20.005.30774

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-416

Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.

References