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High · 7.8 CVE-2020-24435 EUVD-2020-17155GHSA-v683-vqvc-9wvq

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

Published Nov 5, 2020 · Updated Sep 17, 2024 · Assigned by adobe

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Adobe Acrobat Reader unspecified – ≤ 2017.011.30175, unspecified – ≤ 2020.012.20048, unspecified – ≤ 2020.001.30005, unspecified – ≤ None —

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