Vulnerability · Published Aug 20, 2021 · Assigned by adobe

CVE-2021-28637Adobe Acrobat Pro DC PDFLibTool Out-of-Bounds Read Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity out-of-bounds read in Acrobat Reader from Adobe. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.9% (higher than 87% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)2.9%top 13.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20054 (and earlier), 2020.004.30005 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30197 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability achieve arbitrary read / write system information in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Adobe Acrobat Reader unspecified – through 2020.004.30005unspecified – through 2017.011.30197unspecified – through 2021.005.20054unspecified – through None

Weakness: CWE-125 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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