CVE-2021-44705

HIGH

Adobe Acrobat and Reader DC < 21.007.20099 & < 17.011.30204 - Use-After-Free

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Acrobat Reader DC version 21.007.20099 (and earlier), 20.004.30017 (and earlier) and 17.011.30204 (and earlier) are affected by a use-after-free vulnerability in the processing of Format event actions that could result in 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 (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-540/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0741
EPSS Percentile 93.7%
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 (4)
adobe/acrobat 17.011.30059 - 17.011.30204
adobe/acrobat_dc 15.008.20082 - 21.007.20099
adobe/acrobat_reader 17.011.30059 - 17.011.30204
adobe/acrobat_reader_dc 15.008.20082 - 21.007.20099
Published Jan 14, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026