CVE-2021-28638

HIGH

Adobe Acrobat DC < 21.005.20054 - Heap Buffer Overflow

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 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/apsb21-51.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.4220
EPSS Percentile 97.5%
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-122
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