CVE-2021-28637

HIGH

Adobe Acrobat DC < 21.005.20054 - Out-of-Bounds Read

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20054 (and earlier), 2020.004.30005 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30197 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability achieve arbitrary read / write system information 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/apsb21-51.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0183
EPSS Percentile 83.0%
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-125
Status published
Products (4)
adobe/acrobat_dc 15.008.20082 - 21.005.20054
adobe/acrobat_dc 17.011.30059 - 17.011.30197
adobe/acrobat_reader_dc 15.008.20082 - 21.005.20054
adobe/acrobat_reader_dc 17.011.30059 - 17.011.30197
Published Aug 20, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026