CVE-2020-24435CWE-122

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

High · published November 5, 2020

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High probability of exploitation

CVSS calls it high at 7.8. It sits in the 99.0th percentile for exploit probability.

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
53%
Percentile
99.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.52718 · 99.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-122 · Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Published
2020-11-05T19:32Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 05 NOV 19:32Z
    Acrobat Reader DC Heap-based Buffer Overflow Could Lead to Arbitrary Code Execution
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