CVE-2021-28557 — Out-of-bounds Read in Adobe Acrobat Reader

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read4 documents4 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.3%
top 20.13%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Adobe Acrobat ReaderAdobe AcrobatAdobe Acrobat DC+1 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 2
Latest updateMay 24

Description

Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 2021.001.20150 (and earlier), 2020.001.30020 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30194 (and earlier) are affected by an Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to leak sensitive system 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:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages5 packages

▶CVEListV5adobe/acrobat_readerunspecified — 2020.001.30020+3
▶NVDadobe/acrobat_reader17.011.30059 — 17.011.30194+1
▶NVDadobe/acrobat_reader_dc15.008.20082 — 21.001.20150
▶NVDadobe/acrobat17.011.30059 — 17.011.30194+1
▶NVDadobe/acrobat_dc15.008.20082 — 21.001.20150

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-r25w-hm87-5pjx: Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 2021↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
Adobe Acrobat Reader out-of-bounds read in PDFLibTool could lead to information exposure↗2021-09-02
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Qualys
Microsoft & Adobe Patch Tuesday (May 2021) – Qualys covers 85 Vulnerabilities, 26 Critical↗2021-05-11
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