What is CVE-2021-44712?

CVE-2021-44712 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, classified under CWE-788. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-01-14.

How severe is CVE-2021-44712?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Adobe Acrobat

CVE-2021-44712

Acrobat Reader DC version 21.007.20099 (and earlier), 20.004.30017 (and earlier) and 17.011.30204 (and earlier) are affected by an Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer vulnerability that could lead to application denial-of-service. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

EPSS: 0.022 (80.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Acrobat_dc
Adobe Acrobat Reader — versions unspecified
Adobe Acrobat_reader
Adobe Acrobat_reader_dc
Apple Macos
Microsoft Windows

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

psirt@adobe.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-44712?: CVE-2021-44712 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, classified under CWE-788. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-01-14.
How severe is CVE-2021-44712?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.