CVE-2020-24435

Acrobat Reader DC Heap-based Buffer Overflow Could Lead to Arbitrary Code Execution

State
Published
Severity
7.8 High
Published
Nov 5, 2020
Updated
Sep 17, 2024
Reserved
Aug 19, 2020

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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.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hadobe

Weaknesses

  • CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122)

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Acrobat ReaderAdobe
  • 2017.011.30175 and earlierAffected
  • 2020.012.20048 and earlierAffected
  • 2020.001.30005 and earlierAffected
  • None and earlierAffected

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