CVE-2020-24437 HIGH

CVE-2020-24437: Acrobat Reader DC Use-After-Free Vulnerability Could Lead to Arbitrary Code Execution

Vendor Adobe
Product Acrobat Reader
Weakness CWE-416
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 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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

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