CVE-2021-28643 — Type Confusion in Adobe Acrobat Reader

CWE-843 — Type Confusion3 documents3 sources
Severity
3.3LOWNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 33.09%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Adobe Acrobat ReaderAdobe Acrobat DCAdobe Acrobat Reader DC
Timeline
PublishedAug 20
Latest updateMay 24

Description

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20054 (and earlier), 2020.004.30005 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30197 (and earlier) are affected by a Type Confusion vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to disclose sensitive memory 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:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages3 packages

▶CVEListV5adobe/acrobat_readerunspecified — 2020.004.30005+3
▶NVDadobe/acrobat_reader_dc15.008.20082 — 21.005.20054+2
▶NVDadobe/acrobat_dc15.008.20082 — 21.005.20054+2

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-q8qh-9x92-6p6c: Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
Adobe Acrobat Pro DC embedDocAsDataObject Type Confusion Information Disclosure Vulnerability↗2021-08-20
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