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APSB21-09: Adobe Acrobat and Reader for Windows and macOS (CVE-2021-21044)

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APSB21-09: Adobe Acrobat and Reader for Windows and macOS (CVE-2021-21044)

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
02/09/2021
Created
02/10/2021
Added
02/10/2021
Modified
10/12/2022

Description

Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 2020.013.20074 (and earlier), 2020.001.30018 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30188 (and earlier) are affected by an Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability when parsing a crafted jpeg file. 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.

Solution(s)

  • adobe-acrobat-dc-upgrade-21-001-20135-macosx
  • adobe-acrobat-dc-upgrade-21-001-20135-windows
  • adobe-acrobat-reader-dc-upgrade-21-001-20135-macosx
  • adobe-acrobat-reader-dc-upgrade-21-001-20135-windows
  • adobe-acrobat-reader-upgrade-2017-011-30190-macosx
  • adobe-acrobat-reader-upgrade-2017-011-30190-windows
  • adobe-acrobat-reader-upgrade-2020-001-30020-macosx
  • adobe-acrobat-reader-upgrade-2020-001-30020-windows
  • adobe-acrobat-upgrade-2017-011-30190-macosx
  • adobe-acrobat-upgrade-2017-011-30190-windows
  • adobe-acrobat-upgrade-2020-001-30020-macosx
  • adobe-acrobat-upgrade-2020-001-30020-windows

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