Vulnerability · Published Sep 29, 2021 · Assigned by adobe

CVE-2021-39846Adobe Acrobat Reader /Parent Property Recursive Stack Overflow

Medium 6.1

In plain English

A medium-severity stack buffer overflow 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 2.6% (higher than 85% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.1Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)2.6%top 14.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20060 (and earlier), 2020.004.30006 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30199 (and earlier) are affected by a stack overflow vulnerability due to insecure handling of a crafted PDF file, potentially resulting in memory corruption in the context of the current user. Exploitation requires user interaction in that a victim must open a crafted PDF file in Acrobat Reader.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Adobe	Acrobat Reader	unspecified – through 2020.004.30006unspecified – through 2017.011.30199unspecified – through 2021.005.20060unspecified – through None

Weakness: CWE-121 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

References

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-55.html x_refsource_MISC