Out-of-bounds Read in Adobe Acrobat

CVE-2021-44715

Acrobat Reader DC version 21.007.20099 (and earlier), 20.004.30017 (and earlier) and 17.011.30204 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability when parsing a crafted file, which could result in a read past the end of an allocated memory structure. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.147 (96.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.3 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-44715?
CVE-2021-44715 is a low-severity vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2022-01-14.
How severe is CVE-2021-44715?
Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.