What is CVE-2020-9697?

CVE-2020-9697 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat Dc, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-08-19.

How severe is CVE-2020-9697?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat Dc

CVE-2020-9697

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2020.009.20074 and earlier, 2020.001.30002, 2017.011.30171 and earlier, and 2015.006.30523 and earlier have a disclosure of sensitive data vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to memory leak.

Published 2020-08-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.031 (87.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 87.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.031 · newest: 0.031 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Adobe Acrobat Dc — versions 20.001.30002
Adobe Acrobat Reader Dc — versions 20.001.30002
Adobe Acrobat And Reader — versions 2020.009.20074 and earlier, 2020.001.30002, 2017.011.30171 and earlier, and 2015.006.30523 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/apsb20-48.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-9697?: CVE-2020-9697 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat Dc, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-08-19.
How severe is CVE-2020-9697?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.