CVE-2021-45063 LOW

CVE-2021-45063: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC JP2 File Parsing Use-After-Free Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Vendor Adobe
Product Acrobat Reader
Weakness CWE-416
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:3.0/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 a use-after-free vulnerability in the processing of Format event actions that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. 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