CVE-2021-45060Out-of-bounds Read in Adobe Acrobat Reader

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
2.5%
top 14.72%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
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:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages5 packages

CVEListV5adobe/acrobat_readerunspecified21.007.20099+3
NVDadobe/acrobat_reader17.011.3005917.011.30204+1
NVDadobe/acrobat_reader_dc15.008.2008221.007.20099
NVDadobe/acrobat17.011.3005917.011.30204+1
NVDadobe/acrobat_dc15.008.2008221.007.20099

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-7j4j-xfgq-3hvf: Acrobat Reader DC version 212022-01-15
CVEList
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC TTF Font Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Read Remote Code Execution Vulnerability2022-01-14

🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Zscaler
Zscaler protects against 25 Adobe vulnerability | 01-11-2022
CVE-2021-45060 — Out-of-bounds Read in Adobe | cvebase