CVE-2021-21086Out-of-bounds Write in Adobe Acrobat Reader

Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
11.8%
top 6.28%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedSep 2
Latest updateMay 24

Description

Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 2020.013.20074 (and earlier), 2020.001.30018 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30188 (and earlier) are affected by an Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in the CoolType library. 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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages5 packages

CVEListV5adobe/acrobat_readerunspecified2020.013.20074+3
NVDadobe/acrobat_reader17.011.3005917.011.30188+1
NVDadobe/acrobat_reader_dc20.006.2004220.013.20074
NVDadobe/acrobat17.011.3005617.011.30188+1
NVDadobe/acrobat_dc20.006.2004220.013.20074

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-mwr7-fm5x-rqch: Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 20202022-05-24
CVEList
Adobe Reader CoolType Arbitrary Stack Manipulation2021-09-02

🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Qualys
Microsoft & Adobe Patch Tuesday (May 2021) – Qualys covers 85 Vulnerabilities, 26 Critical2021-05-11
CVE-2021-21086 — Out-of-bounds Write in Adobe | cvebase