CVE-2020-9702 Denial of service in Adobe Acrobat and Reader
Attackers can cause Adobe Acrobat and Reader to crash via stack exhaustion, resulting in a denial of service for users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-9702?
CVE-2020-9702 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat Dc, published on 19 Aug 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2020.009.20074 and earlier, 2020.001.30002, 2017.011.30171 and earlier, and 2015.006.30523 and earlier have a stack exhaustion vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to application denial-of-service.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-9702?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Adobe Acrobat Dc, Adobe Acrobat Reader Dc.
How do I fix CVE-2020-9702?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-9702 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2020-9702 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9702 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat Dc
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6c9p-v7m9-748v.