CVE-2021-29096: A use-after-free vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted file in Esri ArcReader, ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Engine 10.8.1 (and earlier) and ArcGIS Pro 2.7…

PriorityP341high7.8CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH

EPSS

1.52%

71.5th percentile

A use-after-free vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted file in Esri ArcReader, ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Engine 10.8.1 (and earlier) and ArcGIS Pro 2.7 (and earlier) allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.

Affected

9 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
esri	arcgis_desktop	>= All < 10.9.0	10.9.0
esri	arcgis_desktop_background_geoprocessing	>= All < 10.9.0	10.9.0
esri	arcgis_engine	<= 10.8.1	—
esri	arcgis_engine	>= All < 10.9.0	10.9.0
esri	arcgis_engine_background_geoprocessing	>= All < 10.9.0	10.9.0
esri	arcgis_pro	<= 2.7	—
esri	arcmap	<= 10.8.1	—
esri	arcreader	<= 10.8.1	—
esri	arcreader	>= All < 10.9.0	10.9.0

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv3.07.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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