What is CVE-2024-20727?

CVE-2024-20727 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2024-02-15.

How severe is CVE-2024-20727?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-20727 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Adobe Acrobat

CVE-2024-20727

Acrobat Reader versions 20.005.30539, 23.008.20470 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds write vulnerability 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.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2024-02-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.020 (79.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 79.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb24-07.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-20727?: CVE-2024-20727 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2024-02-15.
How severe is CVE-2024-20727?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-20727 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.