CVE-2020-24430 — Use After Free in Adobe Acrobat Reader

CWE-416 — Use After Free3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
21.2%
top 4.32%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Adobe Acrobat ReaderAdobe AcrobatAdobe Acrobat DC+1 more
Timeline
PublishedNov 5
Latest updateMay 24

Description

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2020.012.20048 (and earlier), 2020.001.30005 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30175 (and earlier) are affected by a use-after-free vulnerability when handling malicious JavaScript. This vulnerability could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages5 packages

▶CVEListV5adobe/acrobat_readerunspecified — 2017.011.30175+3
▶NVDadobe/acrobat_reader20.001.30005
▶NVDadobe/acrobat_reader_dc17.011.30175+1
▶NVDadobe/acrobat20.001.30005
▶NVDadobe/acrobat_dc17.011.30175+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-p8x7-9vmm-j7mv: Acrobat Reader DC versions 2020↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
Acrobat Pro DC Use-After-Free vulnerability Could Lead to Arbitrary Code Execution↗2020-11-05
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