CVE-2020-24436 HIGH

CVE-2020-24436: Acrobat Pro DC PDF Export Out-Of-Bounds Write Vulnerability Could Lead to Arbitrary Code Execution

Vendor Adobe
Product Acrobat Reader
Weakness CWE-787
Published November 5, 2020
Last update September 16, 2024

CVSS base score

7.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Acrobat Pro DC versions 2020.012.20048 (and earlier), 2020.001.30005 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30175 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could result in writing past the end of an allocated memory structure. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current user. This vulnerability requires user interaction to exploit in that the victim must open a malicious document.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 5, 2020 CVE published
September 16, 2024 Record updated