CVE-2021-28560

HIGH

Adobe Acrobat and Reader DC < 21.001.20150 & < 17.011.30194 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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 a Heap-based Buffer Overflow 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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-29.html

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.6692
EPSS Percentile 99.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-122
Status published
Products (4)
adobe/acrobat 17.011.30059 - 17.011.30194
adobe/acrobat_dc 15.008.20082 - 21.001.20150
adobe/acrobat_reader 17.011.30059 - 17.011.30194
adobe/acrobat_reader_dc 15.008.20082 - 21.001.20150
Published Sep 02, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026