Adobe Acrobat Viewer out-of-bounds write

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Adobe Acrobat Viewer. Affected is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to Remote Code Execution. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2024-41879. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Viewer (version unknown). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a remote code execution vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-787. The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Acrobat Reader versions 127.0.2651.105 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.

The advisory is available at msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-41879 since 07/22/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $25k-$100k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/27/2024).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Out-of-bounds write
CWE: CWE-787 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

07/22/2024 🔍
08/26/2024 +35 days 🔍
08/26/2024 +0 days 🔍
03/12/2025 +198 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-41879 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-41879
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-275758

Entryinfo

Created: 08/26/2024 09:19
Updated: 03/12/2025 22:50
Changes: 08/26/2024 09:19 (49), 08/27/2024 06:46 (14), 08/27/2024 13:59 (1), 03/12/2025 22:50 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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