VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2020-24437
CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability46.55%
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 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.
Weakness classification
- psirt@adobe.com: CWE-416
Primary references
- psirt@adobe.com — Vendor Advisory
- psirt@adobe.com — Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory