CVE-2021-44703CWE-121

Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Stack Overflow Vulnerability Arbitrary code execution

High · published January 14, 2022

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High probability of exploitation

CVSS calls it high at 7.8. It sits in the 99.1th percentile for exploit probability.

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
57%
Percentile
99.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Acrobat Reader DC version 21.007.20099 (and earlier), 20.004.30017 (and earlier) and 17.011.30204 (and earlier) are affected by a stack buffer overflow vulnerability due to insecure handling of a crafted file, potentially resulting 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 v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.57304 · 99.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-121 · Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Published
2022-01-14T19:05Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 14 JAN 19:05Z
    Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Stack Overflow Vulnerability Arbitrary code execution
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