VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-44715

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability14.70%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-01-14
Last modified2026-06-17

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 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.