VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-24435

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability52.72%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-11-05
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • psirt@adobe.com: CWE-122

Primary references