CVE-2021-44713 — Use After Free in Adobe Acrobat Reader

CWE-416 — Use After Free4 documents4 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 34.08%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Adobe Acrobat ReaderAdobe AcrobatAdobe Acrobat DC+1 more
Timeline
PublishedJan 14
Latest updateJan 15

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 use-after-free vulnerability in the processing of Format event actions that could result in application denial of service. 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:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

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-wv3p-x8gm-ch5w: Acrobat Reader DC version 21↗2022-01-15
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CVEList
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Use After Free could lead to Application denial-of-service↗2022-01-14
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Zscaler
Zscaler protects against 25 Adobe vulnerability | 01-11-2022↗
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CVE-2021-44713 — Use After Free in Adobe Acrobat Reader | cvebase