CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-28631
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-08-24
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/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-416
Description
Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 2021.001.20155 (and earlier), 2020.001.30025 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30196 (and earlier) are affected by an Use After Free vulnerability. 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 <= 21.001.20155)
• adobe acrobat reader dc (>= 15.008.20082 <= 21.001.20155)
• adobe acrobat (>= 17.011.30180 <= 17.011.30196)
• adobe acrobat (>= 20.001.30005 <= 20.001.30025)
• adobe acrobat reader (>= 17.011.30180 <= 17.011.30196)
• adobe acrobat reader (>= 20.001.30005 <= 20.001.30025)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-37.html Vendor Advisory
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-37.html Vendor Advisory