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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2020-3753
CVE-2020-3753:
Adobe Acrobat Reader Continuous vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.021.20061 and earlier, 2017.011.30156 and earlier, and 2015.006.30508 and earlier were found to contain a stack exhaustion vulnerability. The vulnerability was discovered by Haiku Xie of Baidu Security Lab and was assigned CVE-2020-3753 in December 2019 (Adobe Advisory).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a stack exhaustion issue that can lead to memory leaks. It received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. The vulnerability is categorized under CWE-401 (Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime) (NVD).
Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to memory leaks in the affected Adobe Acrobat and Reader applications (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Adobe has released security updates to address this vulnerability. Users should update to the latest version of Adobe Acrobat and Reader beyond the affected versions (2019.021.20061, 2017.011.30156, and 2015.006.30508) (Adobe Advisory).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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