CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-21044

7.8 HIGH Published 2021-02-11 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-02-11
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-787

Description

Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 2020.013.20074 (and earlier), 2020.001.30018 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30188 (and earlier) are affected by an Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability when parsing a crafted jpeg 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 configurations

• adobe acrobat (>= 17.0 <= 17.011.30188) • adobe acrobat (>= 20.0 <= 20.001.30018) • adobe acrobat dc (<= 20.013.20074) • adobe acrobat reader (>= 17.0 <= 17.011.30188) • adobe acrobat reader (>= 20.0 <= 20.001.300183) • adobe acrobat reader dc (<= 20.013.20074)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness

References