CVE-2021-44742 — Out-of-bounds Read in Adobe Acrobat Reader
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
CNA3.3
EPSS
11.9%
top 6.23%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
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 an out-of-bounds read vulnerability when parsing a crafted file, which could result in a read past the end of an allocated memory structure. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute code 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:N/A:NExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6