CVE-2021-39863: Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20060 (and earlier), 2020.004.30006 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30199 (and earlier) are affected by a Buffer Overflow…

PriorityP349high7.8CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH

EPSS

12.50%

95.8th 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 Buffer Overflow vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted PDF file. 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.

Affected

8 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
adobe	acrobat	20.001.30005 – 20.004.30006	—
adobe	acrobat_2017	17.011.30059 – 17.011.30199	—
adobe	acrobat_dc	15.008.20082 – 21.005.20060	—
adobe	acrobat_dc	15.008.20082 – 21.005.20058	—
adobe	acrobat_reader	20.001.30005 – 20.004.30006	—
adobe	acrobat_reader	unspecified – DC 2021 July	—
adobe	acrobat_reader_2017	17.011.30059 – 17.011.30199	—
adobe	acrobat_reader_dc	15.008.20082 – 21.005.20060	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/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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