CVE-2021-21059CWE-787

Acrobat Reader DC Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Could Lead to Arbitrary Code Execution

High · published February 11, 2021

CVSS v3.0
7.8
EPSS
3%
Percentile
85.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 2020.013.20074 (and earlier), 2020.001.30018 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30188 (and earlier) are affected by a Memory corruption vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted PDF file. 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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.0
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02617 · 85.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write
Published
2021-02-11T20:07Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 FEB 20:07Z
    Acrobat Reader DC Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Could Lead to Arbitrary Code Execution
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