CVE-2024-20721: T5 Acrobat JS vulnerability - Exploitable crash via t5::javascript::get_page_num_words

5.5 CVSS

Description

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.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-20721

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 5.5

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types

Improper Input Validation (CWE-20)

Affected Products

Vendor: Adobe

Product: Acrobat for Edge

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.5% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 64.72% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-08 (when was this score calculated)

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)

SSVC Exploitation: none

SSVC Technical Impact: partial

SSVC Automatable: false

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-20721
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-20721

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