{"id":"CVE-2021-29098","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2021-29098","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:26:00.314Z","title":"Multiple uninitialized pointer vulnerabilities when parsing a specially crafted file in Esri ArcReader, ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Engine 10.8.1 (and earlier) and ArcGIS Pro 2.7 (and earlier) allow an unauthenticated attacker to achieve arbitrary code…","description":"Multiple uninitialized pointer vulnerabilities when parsing a specially crafted file in Esri ArcReader, ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Engine 10.8.1 (and earlier) and ArcGIS Pro 2.7 (and earlier) allow an unauthenticated attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.","published":"2021-03-25T21:15:14.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:47:18.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@esri.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-824"],"affected":["esri/arcgis engine","esri/arcgis pro","esri/arcmap","esri/arcreader"],"epss":{"score":0.02021,"percentile":0.80819,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.02%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis/administration/security-advisory-general-raster/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@esri.com"},{"url":"https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-361/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"psirt@esri.com"},{"url":"https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-362/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"psirt@esri.com"},{"url":"https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-372/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"psirt@esri.com"},{"url":"https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis/administration/security-advisory-general-raster/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-361/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-362/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-372/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29098","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}