What is CVE-2020-3756?

CVE-2020-3756 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat Dc, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-02-13.

How severe is CVE-2020-3756?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat Dc

CVE-2020-3756

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.021.20061 and earlier, 2017.011.30156 and earlier, 2017.011.30156 and earlier, and 2015.006.30508 and earlier have a stack exhaustion vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to memory leak .

Published 2020-02-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.022 (81.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 82nd percentile — 81.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.022 · newest: 0.022 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Adobe Acrobat Dc
Adobe Acrobat Reader Dc
Adobe Acrobat And Reader — versions , 2019.021.20061 and earlier, 2017.011.30156 and earlier, 2017.011.30156 and earlier, and 2015.006.30508 and earlier versions
Apple macOS
Microsoft Windows

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

References

helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb20-05.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-3756?: CVE-2020-3756 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat Dc, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-02-13.
How severe is CVE-2020-3756?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.