Use After Free in Adobe Framemaker

CVE-2023-21584

FrameMaker 2020 Update 4 (and earlier), 2022 (and earlier) are affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. 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: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.004 (28.3th 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:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-21584?
CVE-2023-21584 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Framemaker, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-02-17.
How severe is CVE-2023-21584?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-21584 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.