CVE-2021-44709 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow in Adobe Acrobat Reader

CWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer OverflowCWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write5 documents4 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
3.0%
top 13.52%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Adobe Acrobat ReaderAdobe AcrobatAdobe Acrobat DC+1 more
Timeline
PublishedJan 14
Latest updateMar 4

Description

Acrobat Reader DC version 21.007.20099 (and earlier), 20.004.30017 (and earlier) and 17.011.30204 (and earlier) are affected by a heap overflow vulnerability due to insecure handling of a crafted file, potentially resulting in 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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages5 packages

▶CVEListV5adobe/acrobat_readerunspecified — 21.007.20099+3
▶NVDadobe/acrobat_reader17.011.30059 — 17.011.30204+1
▶NVDadobe/acrobat_reader_dc15.008.20082 — 21.007.20099
▶NVDadobe/acrobat17.011.30059 — 17.011.30204+1
▶NVDadobe/acrobat_dc15.008.20082 — 21.007.20099

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-3683-8rfr-7vwg: Acrobat Reader DC version 21↗2022-01-15
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CVEList
Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Heap Overflow Vulnerability could lead to Arbitrary code execution↗2022-01-14
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

2
Zscaler
Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat DC↗2022-03-04
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Zscaler
Zscaler protects against 25 Adobe vulnerability | 01-11-2022↗
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CVE-2021-44709 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow in Adobe | cvebase