CVE-2020-9611: 
Adobe Acrobat Reader Continuous vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2020.006.20042 and earlier, 2017.011.30166 and earlier, and 2015.006.30518 and earlier were identified with a stack exhaustion vulnerability (CVE-2020-9611). The vulnerability was discovered and assigned on March 2, 2020, with Adobe releasing security updates to address this issue (Adobe Security).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a stack exhaustion issue with a CVSS score indicating moderate severity (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) (Rapid7).

Impact

When successfully exploited, this vulnerability could lead to application denial-of-service in affected versions of Adobe Acrobat and Reader (CVE Mitre).

Mitigation and workarounds

Adobe has addressed this vulnerability by releasing security updates for the affected versions of Acrobat and Reader. Users are advised to update to the latest version of the software (Adobe Security).

Additional resources


Source: This report was generated using AI

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