CVE-2021-28631

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC AcroForm Field Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: Aug 24, 2021
Updated: Sep 16, 2024
Reserved: Mar 16, 2021

Description

Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 2021.001.20155 (and earlier), 2020.001.30025 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30196 (and earlier) are affected by an Use After Free vulnerability. 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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	adobe

Weaknesses

CWE-416 Use After Free (CWE-416)

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Acrobat ReaderAdobe	2021.001.20155 and earlierAffected 2020.001.30025 and earlierAffected 2017.011.30196 and earlierAffected None and earlierAffected

References

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-37.html

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