Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 24.005.20307 out-of-bounds

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 20.005.30710/20.005.30730/24.001.30193/24.001.30213/24.005.20307. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in out-of-bounds. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-49532. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 20.005.30710/20.005.30730/24.001.30193/24.001.30213/24.005.20307. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Acrobat Reader versions 24.005.20307, 24.001.30213, 24.001.30193, 20.005.30730, 20.005.30710 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

The advisory is shared at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-49532 since 10/15/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/11/2024).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Document Reader Software

Vendor

• Adobe

Name

• Acrobat Reader

Version

• 20.005.30710
• 20.005.30730
• 24.001.30193
• 24.001.30213
• 24.005.20307

License

• free

Website

• Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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