CVE-2020-24430: Adobe Acrobat

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 18.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2020.012.20048 (and earlier), 2020.001.30005 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30175 (and earlier) are affected by a use-after-free vulnerability when handling malicious JavaScript. This vulnerability could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Affected products

• Adobe Acrobat: up to and including 20.001.30005
• Adobe Acrobat DC: up to and including 17.011.30175; up to and including 20.012.20048
• Adobe Acrobat Reader: up to and including 20.001.30005
• Adobe Acrobat Reader DC: up to and including 17.011.30175; up to and including 20.012.20048

Published 2020-11-05. Last modified 2026-06-17.