CVE-2020-24435Heap-based Buffer Overflow in Adobe Acrobat Reader

Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
21.3%
top 4.30%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
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 heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the submitForm function, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation requires user interaction in that a victim must open a crafted .pdf file in Acrobat Reader.

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_readerunspecified2017.011.30175+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-v683-vqvc-9wvq: Acrobat Reader DC versions 20202022-05-24
CVEList
Acrobat Reader DC Heap-based Buffer Overflow Could Lead to Arbitrary Code Execution2020-11-05

🕵️Threat Intelligence

2
Talos
Vulnerability Spotlight: Multiple JavaScript vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat Reader2020-11-05
Talos
Vulnerability Spotlight: Multiple JavaScript vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat Reader2020-11-05
CVE-2020-24435 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow in Adobe | cvebase