CVE-2020-24437 — Use After Free in Adobe Acrobat Reader

CWE-416 — Use After Free5 documents4 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
10.0%
top 6.92%
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 in the processing of Format event actions 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.

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-r3x3-qfc2-2xcq: Acrobat Reader DC versions 2020↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
Acrobat Reader DC Use-After-Free Vulnerability Could Lead to Arbitrary Code Execution↗2020-11-05
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

2
Talos
Vulnerability Spotlight: Multiple JavaScript vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat Reader↗2020-11-05
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Talos
Vulnerability Spotlight: Multiple JavaScript vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat Reader↗2020-11-05
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