Description
Acrobat Reader DC version 21.007.20099 (and earlier), 20.004.30017 (and earlier) and 17.011.30204 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability when parsing a crafted file, which could result in a read past the end of an allocated memory structure. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb22-01.html
Scores
CVSS v3
3.3
EPSS
0.0215
EPSS Percentile
84.3%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-125
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