CVE-2020-9703
Adobe Acrobat Reader Continuous vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2020.009.20074 and earlier, 2020.001.30002, 2017.011.30171 and earlier, and 2015.006.30523 and earlier were identified with a stack exhaustion vulnerability. This vulnerability was assigned CVE-2020-9703 and was disclosed on August 19, 2020 (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assessed with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 5.5 (MEDIUM) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. Under CVSS v2.0, it received a Base Score of 4.3 (MEDIUM) with the vector (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P). The vulnerability is classified as CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption) (NVD).

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to application denial-of-service, affecting the availability of the Adobe Acrobat and Reader applications (CVE).

Mitigation and workarounds

Adobe has released security updates to address this vulnerability. Users should update to versions newer than those affected: 2020.009.20074, 2020.001.30002, 2017.011.30171, and 2015.006.30523 (Adobe Advisory).

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