CVE-2021-21086

Summary

Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 2020.013.20074 (and earlier), 2020.001.30018 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30188 (and earlier) are affected by an Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in the CoolType library. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve 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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
AdobeAcrobat Readerunspecified <= 2020.013.20074affected
AdobeAcrobat Readerunspecified <= 2020.001.30018affected
AdobeAcrobat Readerunspecified <= 2017.011.30188affected
AdobeAcrobat Readerunspecified <= Noneaffected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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