CVE-2021-39863

Summary

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20060 (and earlier), 2020.004.30006 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30199 (and earlier) are affected by a Buffer Overflow vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted PDF file. 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 <= DC 2021 Julyaffected
AdobeAcrobat Readerunspecified <= 20.0-Classic 2021 Julyaffected
AdobeAcrobat Readerunspecified <= 17.0-Classic 2021 Julyaffected
AdobeAcrobat Readerunspecified <= Noneaffected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122)

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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