Use After Free in Adobe Acrobat
CVE-2020-24438
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 that could result in a memory address leak. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 3.3 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.039 (89.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 89.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.039 · newest: 0.039 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb20-67.html (Vendor Advisory)
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1357/ (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-24438?
- CVE-2020-24438 is a low-severity vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2020-11-05.
- How severe is CVE-2020-24438?
- Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.