title: Adobe Acrobat Reader heap corruption vulnerability could lead to arbitrary code execution
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.
problem types: Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122)
affected:
{
product: Acrobat Reader
vendor: Adobe
versions:
lessThanOrEqual: 2020.001.30020, status: affected, version: unspecified, versionType: custom
lessThanOrEqual: 2021.001.20150, status: affected, version: unspecified, versionType: custom
lessThanOrEqual: 2017.011.30194, status: affected, version: unspecified, versionType: custom
lessThanOrEqual: None, status: affected, version: unspecified, versionType: custom
}
metrics:
cvssV3_1: [
attackComplexity: LOW
attackVector: NETWORK
availabilityImpact: HIGH
baseScore: 8.8
baseSeverity: HIGH
confidentialityImpact: HIGH
integrityImpact: HIGH
privilegesRequired: NONE
scope: UNCHANGED
userInteraction: REQUIRED
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
version: 3.1
]