CVE-2021-44715 LOW

CVE-2021-44715: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Out-of-Bounds Read Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Vendor Adobe
Product Acrobat Reader
Weakness CWE-125
Published January 14, 2022
Last update September 16, 2024

CVSS base score

3.3/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality Low
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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 bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 14, 2022 CVE published
September 16, 2024 Record updated