CVE-2021-28638: high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat Reader
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC PDF File Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Published · Updated
E-mail alert when it lands in KEV, gets a public PoC or its score goes up.
21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 7.8epss 4.9%
Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20054 (and earlier), 2020.004.30005 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30197 (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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Adobe · Acrobat ReaderRelated CVEs — Adobe Acrobat Reader
In the same product, most dangerous first.
CVE-2021-21017HIGHAcrobat Reader DC Heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Could Lead To Arbitrary Code ExecutionEPSS 86.3%KEVCVE-2023-21608HIGHAdobe Acrobat Reader DC resetForm Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution VulnerabilityEPSS 59.4%KEVCVE-2021-28550CRITICALAdobe Acrobat Reader use after free vulnerability could lead to arbitrary code executionEPSS 52.1%KEVCVE-2023-26369HIGH[Google Project Zero] Adobe Acrobat DC OOBW 0-day actively exploited in the wildEPSS 7.5%KEVCVE-2021-39843HIGHAdobe Acrobat Reader XObject Out-of-Bound Write VulnerabilityEPSS 76.7%CVE-2021-39836HIGHAdobe Acrobat Reader DC AcroForm buttonGetIcon Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution VulnerabilityEPSS 69.5%