CVE-2021-21796

HIGH

Nitro Pro PDF - Use-After-Free via JavaScript Document Path Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in the JavaScript implementation of Nitro Pro PDF. A specially crafted document can cause an object containing the path to a document to be destroyed and then later reused, resulting in a use-after-free vulnerability, which can lead to code execution under the context of the application. An attacker can convince a user to open a document to trigger this vulnerability.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2021-1265

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.1578
EPSS Percentile 96.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (2)
gonitro/nitro_pro 13.31.0.605
gonitro/nitro_pro 13.33.2.645
Published Oct 18, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026