Application crash via malicious PDF input
Published Jan 15, 2024 · Updated Jun 17, 2025
Improper input validation in Adobe Acrobat for Microsoft Edge 120.0.2210.91 and earlier allows attackers to crash the application. Adobe has not disclosed the affected parser or the invalid operation performed on input from a malicious PDF. Exploitation requires the current user to open the file; the reported consequence is limited to an application crash.
Summary
What happened
Improper input validation in Adobe Acrobat for Microsoft Edge 120.0.2210.91 and earlier allows attackers to crash the application. Adobe has not disclosed the affected parser or the invalid operation performed on input from a malicious PDF. Exploitation requires the current user to open the file; the reported consequence is limited to an application crash.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-20709
- Published
- Jan 15, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2025
- Vendor
- Adobe
- Product
- Adobe Acrobat for Microsoft Edge
- Classifications
- CWE-20, T1204.002
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Jan 15, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 17, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=120.0.2210.91
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