CVE-2021-39846: Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20060 (and earlier), 2020.004.30006 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30199 (and earlier) are affected by a stack overflow…

PriorityP427medium6.1CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRNUIRSUCNILAH

EPSS

2.59%

83.7th percentile

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20060 (and earlier), 2020.004.30006 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30199 (and earlier) are affected by a stack overflow vulnerability due to insecure handling of a crafted PDF file, potentially resulting in memory corruption in the context of the current user. Exploitation requires user interaction in that a victim must open a crafted PDF file in Acrobat Reader.

Affected

9 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
adobe	acrobat	17.011.30059 – 17.011.30199	—
adobe	acrobat	20.001.30005 – 20.004.30006	—
adobe	acrobat_dc	15.008.20082 – 21.005.20058	—
adobe	acrobat_dc	15.008.20082 – 21.005.20060	—
adobe	acrobat_reader	17.011.30059 – 17.011.30199	—
adobe	acrobat_reader	20.001.30005 – 20.004.30006	—
adobe	acrobat_reader	unspecified – 2020.004.30006	—
adobe	acrobat_reader_dc	15.008.20082 – 21.005.20058	—
adobe	acrobat_reader_dc	15.008.20082 – 21.005.20060	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.16.1MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

nvdv2.05.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

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