CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-39863

7.8 HIGH Published 2021-09-29 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-09-29
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 2.0 ([email protected])
6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-122

Description

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20060 (and earlier), 2020.004.30006 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30199 (and earlier) are affected by a Buffer Overflow vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted PDF 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 dc (>= 15.008.20082 <= 21.005.20060) • adobe acrobat dc (>= 15.008.20082 <= 21.005.20058) • adobe acrobat reader dc (>= 15.008.20082 <= 21.005.20060) • adobe acrobat (>= 20.001.30005 <= 20.004.30006) • adobe acrobat reader (>= 20.001.30005 <= 20.004.30006) • adobe acrobat 2017 (>= 17.011.30059 <= 17.011.30199) • adobe acrobat reader 2017 (>= 17.011.30059 <= 17.011.30199)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow weakness

References