TI-2024-13550 Aliases CVE-2024-20747 GHSA-hw74-5r29-j3hm

TALOS-2023-1908 - Adobe Acrobat Reader Font CharStrings INDEX out-of-bounds read vulnerability

LOW 29CWE-125Published 2024-02-15 · Updated 2025-02-13

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · None · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-125 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Acrobat Reader versions 20.005.30539, 23.008.20470 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.02385 84th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Adobe	Acrobat Reader	up to 23.008.20470	—	No fix listed	CNA

Acrobat Reader VendorAdobe Affected up to 23.008.20470 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 6

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:::::continuous:::*	15.008.20082 to before 23.008.20533	Vulnerable	Adobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:::::continuous:::*	15.008.20082 to before 23.008.20533	Vulnerable	Adobe
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:::::::*	not specified by NVD	Running on	Apple
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*	not specified by NVD	Running on	Microsoft
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:::::classic:::*	20.001.30005 to before 20.005.30574	Vulnerable	Adobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:::::classic:::*	20.001.30005 to before 20.005.30574	Vulnerable	Adobe

cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:* Versions 15.008.20082 to before 23.008.20533 Vulnerable ·Adobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:* Versions 15.008.20082 to before 23.008.20533 Vulnerable ·Adobe
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Apple
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Microsoft
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* Versions 20.001.30005 to before 20.005.30574 Vulnerable ·Adobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* Versions 20.001.30005 to before 20.005.30574 Vulnerable ·Adobe

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-20747
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hw74-5r29-j3hm

References

Patch 1

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb24-07.html

Advisory 1

https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1908

TI-2014-00524 Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.1.11 and 11.x before 11.0.08 on Windows allow… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2013-02915 Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.5.5, 10.x before 10.1.7, and 11.x before 11.0.03… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2013-02389 Integer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.5.5, 10.x before 10.1.7, and… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2011-02156 Unspecified vulnerability in the U3D component in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.1.1 and… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2021-09626 Adobe Acrobat Reader use after free vulnerability could lead to arbitrary code execution KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2021-04123 Acrobat Reader DC Heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Could Lead To Arbitrary Code Execution KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8

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Sources

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