CVE-2021-45062
HIGHAdobe Acrobat and Reader DC < 21.007.20099 - Use-After-Free in Format Event Action Processing
Title source: llmDescription
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 (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb22-01.html
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.1650
EPSS Percentile
96.6%
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