Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-44701 - Use After Free vulnerability in Adobe products

CVSS 7.8 - HIGH

Attack vector

LOCAL

Attack complexity

LOW

Privileges required

NONE

Confidentiality impact

HIGH

Integrity impact

HIGH

Availability impact

HIGH

local

low complexity

adobe

CWE-416

NVD

Published: 2022-01-14

Updated: 2023-11-07

Summary

Acrobat Reader DC version 21.007.20099 (and earlier), 20.004.30017 (and earlier) and 17.011.30204 (and earlier) are affected by a use-after-free vulnerability in the processing of Format event actions that could result 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.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part	Description	Count
Application	Adobe Adobe Acrobat DC 21.001.20149 Adobe Acrobat DC 21.001.20150 Adobe Acrobat DC 21.001.20155 Adobe Acrobat DC 21.005.20058 Adobe Acrobat DC 21.005.20060 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 21.001.20149 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 21.001.20150 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 21.001.20155 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 21.005.20058 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 21.005.20060 Adobe Acrobat 20.001.30005 Adobe Acrobat 20.001.30010 Adobe Acrobat 20.001.30018 Adobe Acrobat 20.001.30020 Adobe Acrobat 20.001.30025 Adobe Acrobat 20.004.30006 Adobe Acrobat 20.004.30015 Adobe Acrobat 17.011.30180 Adobe Acrobat 17.011.30188 Adobe Acrobat 17.011.30190 Adobe Acrobat 17.011.30194 Adobe Acrobat 17.011.30196 Adobe Acrobat 17.011.30199 Adobe Acrobat 17.011.30202 Adobe Acrobat Reader 20.001.30005 Adobe Acrobat Reader 20.001.30010 Adobe Acrobat Reader 20.001.30018 Adobe Acrobat Reader 20.001.30020 Adobe Acrobat Reader 20.001.30025 Adobe Acrobat Reader 20.001.300183 Adobe Acrobat Reader 20.004.30005 Adobe Acrobat Reader 20.004.30006 Adobe Acrobat Reader 20.004.30015 Adobe Acrobat Reader 17.011.30180 Adobe Acrobat Reader 17.011.30188 Adobe Acrobat Reader 17.011.30190 Adobe Acrobat Reader 17.011.30194 Adobe Acrobat Reader 17.011.30196 Adobe Acrobat Reader 17.011.30199 Adobe Acrobat Reader 17.011.30202	40
OS	Microsoft Microsoft Windows -	1
OS	Apple Apple Macos -	1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-416 - Use After Free

References

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb22-01.html