CVE-2019-8237
Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.012.20034 and earlier; 2019.012.20035 and earlier versions...
Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2017.011.30142 and earlier, 2017.011.30143 and earlier, 2015.006.30497 and earlier, and 2015.006.30498 and earlier have an insufficiently robust encryption vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to security feature bypass.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2017.011.30142 and earlier, 2017.011.30143 and earlier, 2015.006.30497 and earlier, and 2015.006.30498 and earlier have an insufficiently robust encryption vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to security feature bypass.
- Record
CVE-2019-8237- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-327
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2017.011.30142 and earlier, 2017.011.30143 and earlier, 2015.006.30497 and earlier, and 2015.006.30498 and earlier have an insufficiently robust encryption vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to security feature bypass.
- Record
CVE-2019-8237- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-17635 No score
Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2017.011.30142 and earlier, 2017.011.30143 and earlier, 2015.006.30497 and earlier, and 2015.006.30498 and earlier have an insufficiently robust encryption vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to security feature bypass.
- Record
EUVD-2019-17635- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cjqj-g595-fh5j No score
Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.012.20034 and earlier; 2019.012.20035 and earlier versions...
Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.012.20034 and earlier; 2019.012.20035 and earlier versions; 2017.011.30142 and earlier versions; 2017.011.30143 and earlier versions; 2015.006.30497 and earlier versions; 2015.006.30498 and earlier versions have an Insufficiently Robust Encryption vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to Security feature bypass in the context of the current user.
- Record
GHSA-cjqj-g595-fh5j- Weakness
- CWE-326, CWE-327
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-8237 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Adobe Acrobat And Reader, published October 23, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.80%, the 86th percentile. No source names a fixed version.