CVE-2024-20765

ZDI-CAN-22674: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC PDF File Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

At a glance

Severity: HIGH 7.8
EPSS: EPSS 0.56 % · percentile 47 (2026-10-27)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2024-02-29
Updated: 2024-08-01
Assigner: adobe
NVD status: Analyzed

Description

Acrobat Reader versions 20.005.30539, 23.008.20470 and earlier are affected by a Use After Free 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.

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	adobe
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · psirt@adobe.com (Secondary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-416

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2024-18480
GCVE · GCVE-0-2024-20765

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* ≥ 20.001.3005 < 20.005.30574
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:* ≥ 15.007.20033 < 23.008.20533
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* ≥ 20.001.3005 < 20.005.30574
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:* ≥ 15.007.20033 < 23.008.20533

Affected products

Product	Versions
Adobe · Acrobat Reader	affected 0 ≤ 23.008.20470

References

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb24-07.html

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD