CVE-2021-21042Out-of-bounds Read in Adobe Acrobat Reader

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read4 documents4 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
45.0%
top 2.40%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedFeb 11
Latest updateMay 24

Description

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2020.013.20074 (and earlier), 2020.001.30018 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30188 (and earlier) are affected by an Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary disclosure of information in the memory stack. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages5 packages

CVEListV5adobe/acrobat_readerunspecified2020.013.20074+3
NVDadobe/acrobat_reader17.017.011.30188+1
NVDadobe/acrobat_reader_dc20.013.20074
NVDadobe/acrobat17.017.011.30188+1
NVDadobe/acrobat_dc20.013.20074

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-f3fp-5h9c-j8r8: Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 20202022-05-24
CVEList
Acrobat Reader DC Out-Of-Bounds Read Information Disclosure Vulnerability2021-02-11

🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Zscaler
Zscaler found Adobe Security Vulnerabilities | 02-09-2020
CVE-2021-21042 — Out-of-bounds Read in Adobe | cvebase