CVE-2021-21088 — Use After Free in Adobe Acrobat

CWE-416 — Use After Free3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 67.30%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Adobe AcrobatAdobe Acrobat DCAdobe Acrobat Reader+1 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 6

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 a Use After Free 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.

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

▶NVDadobe/acrobat_reader17.011.30180 — 17.011.30190+1
▶NVDadobe/acrobat_reader_dc15.007.20033 — 21.001.20135
▶CVEListV5adobe/acrobat_reader2017.011.30188
▶NVDadobe/acrobat17.011.30180 — 17.011.30190+1
▶NVDadobe/acrobat_dc15.007.20033 — 21.001.20135

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-hxj8-592f-j8m3: Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 2020↗2023-09-06
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CVEList
Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability↗2023-09-06
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CVE-2021-21088 — Use After Free in Adobe Acrobat | cvebase