CVE-2024-53959: adobe adobe framemaker Stack-based Buffer Overflow

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-53959 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in adobe adobe framemaker. EPSS estimates a 0.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 10-12-2024
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 17-12-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Adobe Framemaker versions 2020.7, 2022.5 and earlier are affected by a Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

• CWE-121Stack-based Buffer OverflowA stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function).
• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteThe product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.