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Adobe completes fix for Reader bug with known PoC exploit (CVE-2024-41869)
2024-09-12 12:05

Among the security updates released by Adobe on Tuesday are those for various versions of Adobe Acrobat and Reader, which fix two critical flaws that could lead to arbitrary code execution: CVE-2024-45112 and CVE-2024-41869. Nothing in the advisory points to a need for users to implement the updates quickly, but the fix for CVE-2024-41869 is actually an additional, more complete fix for CVE-2024-39383, which was supposedly addressed with a security update released in August 2024. … More → The post Adobe completes fix for Reader bug with known PoC exploit (CVE-2024-41869) appeared first on Help Net Security.


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Related Vulnerability

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
2024-09-13 CVE-2024-45112 Type Confusion vulnerability in Adobe products
Acrobat Reader versions 24.002.21005, 24.001.30159, 20.005.30655, 24.003.20054 and earlier are affected by a Type Confusion vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.
local
low complexity
adobe CWE-843
7.8
2024-09-13 CVE-2024-41869 Use After Free vulnerability in Adobe products
Acrobat Reader versions 24.002.21005, 24.001.30159, 20.005.30655, 24.003.20054 and earlier are affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.
local
low complexity
adobe CWE-416
7.8
2024-08-14 CVE-2024-39383 Use After Free vulnerability in Adobe products
Acrobat Reader versions 20.005.30636, 24.002.20965, 24.002.20964, 24.001.30123 and earlier are affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.
local
low complexity
adobe CWE-416
7.8

Related vendor

VENDOR LAST 12M #/PRODUCTS LOW MEDIUM HIGH CRITICAL TOTAL VULNS
Adobe 166 68 2163 961 2112 5304