CVE-2021-44742CWE-125

Adobe Reader Out-of-bounds Read Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Low · published January 14, 2022

CVSS v3.1
3.3
EPSS
6%
Percentile
93.2
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 an out-of-bounds read vulnerability when parsing a crafted file, which could result in a read past the end of an allocated memory structure. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute code 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
3.3 · LOW
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.05856 · 93.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read
Published
2022-01-14T19:05Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 14 JAN 19:05Z
    Adobe Reader Out-of-bounds Read Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
    cvelistv5