CVE-2024-20721 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Acrobat Reader T5 (MSFT Edge) versions 120.0.2210.91 and earlier are affected by an Improper Input Validation vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve an application denial-of-service in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00674.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Adobe	Acrobat
Microsoft	Edge Chromium

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat::::::edge::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:edge_chromium::::::::

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-18436	Acrobat Reader T5 (MSFT Edge) versions 120.0.2210.91 and earlier are affected by an Improper Input Validation vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve an application denial-of-service in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-20721

History

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published: 2024-01-15T12:13:09.558Z

Updated: 2025-06-03T14:00:51.307Z

Reserved: 2023-12-04T16:52:22.969Z

Link: CVE-2024-20721

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T21:59:42.867Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-15T13:15:08.183

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:53:01.130

Link: CVE-2024-20721

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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