fkie_cve-2021-21017
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2021-02-11 20:15
Modified
2025-02-13 17:30
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 2020.013.20074 (and earlier), 2020.001.30018 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30188 (and earlier) are affected by a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve 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.
References
psirt@adobe.comhttps://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-09.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-09.htmlVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
adobe acrobat *
adobe acrobat *
adobe acrobat_dc *
adobe acrobat_reader *
adobe acrobat_reader *
adobe acrobat_reader_dc *
apple macos -
microsoft windows -


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  "cisaActionDue": "2021-11-17",
  "cisaExploitAdd": "2021-11-03",
  "cisaRequiredAction": "Apply updates per vendor instructions.",
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