CVE-2024-41830: 
Adobe Acrobat Reader Continuous vulnerability analysis and mitigation

CVE-2024-41830 is a Use After Free vulnerability affecting Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 20.005.30636, 24.002.20965, 24.002.20964, 24.001.30123 and earlier. The vulnerability was discovered in June 2024 and publicly disclosed on August 13, 2024, after Adobe released security patches (Adobe Advisory, Talos Report).

The vulnerability exists in the AV3DVirtAnnot functionality of Adobe Acrobat Reader. When processing a specially crafted PDF document containing malicious JavaScript code, the application can trigger the reuse of a previously freed object, leading to memory corruption. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, indicating its severe impact potential (NVD).

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. This means an attacker could potentially execute malicious code with the same privileges as the user running Adobe Acrobat Reader (Talos Report).

Adobe has released security updates to address this vulnerability. Users are advised to update to the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader. The fix was included in Adobe's security bulletin APSB24-57 (Adobe Advisory).