CVE-2021-45067: adobe acrobat

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-45067 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in adobe acrobat. EPSS estimates a 3.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 14-01-2022
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 16-09-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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 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.

• CWE-788Access of Memory Location After End of BufferThe product reads or writes to a buffer using an index or pointer that references a memory location after the end of the buffer.
• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.