CVE-2021-40731CWE-787

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC JPEG2000 Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

High · published October 15, 2021

CVSS v3.0
7.8
EPSS
8%
Percentile
94.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC version 21.007.20095 (and earlier), 21.007.20096 (and earlier), 20.004.30015 (and earlier), and 17.011.30202 (and earlier) is affected by an out-of-bounds write vulnerability when parsing a crafted JPEG2000 file, which 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.

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
0.08264 · 94.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write
Published
2021-10-15T14:22Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 OCT 14:22Z
    Adobe Acrobat Reader DC JPEG2000 Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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