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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-44709

Acrobat Reader DC version 21.007.20099 (and earlier), 20.004.30017 (and earlier) and 17.011.30204 (and earlier) are affected by a heap overflow vulnerability due to insecure handling of a crafted file, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution…

HIGH 7.8EPSS 30.0%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 30.0%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Acrobat Reader DC version 21.007.20099 (and earlier), 20.004.30017 (and earlier) and 17.011.30204 (and earlier) are affected by a heap overflow vulnerability due to insecure handling of a crafted file, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

CVSS 3.1
7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
29.95% probability · 98th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-122, CWE-787
Affected
adobe/acrobat dc · adobe/acrobat reader dc · adobe/acrobat · adobe/acrobat reader
Source
psirt@adobe.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.