CVE-2021-45063

MEDIUM

Adobe Acrobat and Reader DC < 21.007.20099 & < 17.011.30204 - Use-After-Free in Format Event Action Processing

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 lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. 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

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0622
EPSS Percentile 92.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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