CVE-2021-21061 — Use After Free in Adobe Acrobat Reader

CWE-416 — Use After Free3 documents3 sources
Severity
3.3LOWNVD
EPSS
1.6%
top 18.04%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Adobe Acrobat ReaderAdobe AcrobatAdobe Acrobat DC+1 more
Timeline
PublishedFeb 11
Latest updateMay 24

Description

Acrobat Pro DC versions versions 2020.013.20074 (and earlier), 2020.001.30018 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30188 (and earlier) are affected by a Use-after-free vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted PDF file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to disclose sensitive information in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages5 packages

▶NVDadobe/acrobat17.0 — 17.011.30188+1
▶NVDadobe/acrobat_dc20.013.20074
▶CVEListV5adobe/acrobat_readerunspecified — 2020.013.20074+3
▶NVDadobe/acrobat_reader17.0 — 17.011.30188+1
▶NVDadobe/acrobat_reader_dc20.013.20074

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-3f43-cg6p-w52w: Acrobat Pro DC versions versions 2020↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
Acrobat Pro DC Use-After-Free Vulnerability Could Lead to Information Disclosure↗2021-02-11
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