VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-44708

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability38.18%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-01-14
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Acrobat Reader DC version 21.007.20099 (and earlier), 20.004.30017 (and earlier) and 17.011.30204 (and earlier) are affected by a heap overflow vulnerability due to insecure handling of a crafted file, potentially resulting in 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.

Weakness classification

  • psirt@adobe.com: CWE-122
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-787

Primary references