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CVE-2021-28560 Details

Description

Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 2021.001.20150 (and earlier), 2020.001.30020 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30194 (and earlier) are affected by a Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability. 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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:8.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-29.html CVERelease NotesVendor Advisory
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-29.html [email protected]Release NotesVendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-122Heap-based Buffer Overflow[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2021-28560
NVD Published Date:
Sep 2, 2021
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]