CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-28564
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-09-02
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787
Description
Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 2021.001.20150 (and earlier), 2020.001.30020 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30194 (and earlier) are affected by an Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability within the ImageTool component. 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 dc (>= 15.008.20082 <= 21.001.20150)
• adobe acrobat reader dc (>= 15.008.20082 <= 21.001.20150)
• adobe acrobat (>= 17.011.30059 <= 17.011.30194)
• adobe acrobat (>= 20.001.30005 <= 20.001.30020)
• adobe acrobat reader (>= 17.011.30059 <= 17.011.30194)
• adobe acrobat reader (>= 20.001.30005 <= 20.001.30020)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness
References
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-29.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-29.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory