CVE-2024-49530

Summary

CVE-2024-49530 is a newly identified vulnerability affecting Acrobat Reader versions 24.005.20307, 24.001.30213, 24.001.30193, 20.005.30730, and 20.005.30710, and possibly older editions. This issue is a Use After Free vulnerability, which means that memory that has been freed is reused without proper checks, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code. The exploitation of this flaw requires users to open a maliciously crafted PDF file, putting them at risk of code execution in the context of their current user account.

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