PT-2020-3738 · Adobe · Acrobat+1

Published 2020-08-11 · Updated 2021-09-08 · CVE-2020-9703

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2020.009.20074 and earlier Adobe Acrobat and Reader version 2020.001.30002 Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2017.011.30171 and earlier Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2015.006.30523 and earlier

Description: The issue is related to a stack exhaustion vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to application denial-of-service. This vulnerability is associated with an uncontrolled resource consumption in Adobe Reader and Acrobat, allowing a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service.

Recommendations: For Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2020.009.20074 and earlier, update to a version later than 2020.009.20074 to resolve the issue. For Adobe Acrobat and Reader version 2020.001.30002, update to a version later than 2020.001.30002 to resolve the issue. For Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2017.011.30171 and earlier, update to a version later than 2017.011.30171 to resolve the issue. For Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2015.006.30523 and earlier, update to a version later than 2015.006.30523 to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-04098

CVE-2020-9703

Affected Products

Acrobat

Reader

References · 5

• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb20-48.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9703 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-04098 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-9703 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-9703 · Note