CVE-2021-21086

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 in the CoolType library. 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.

Risk Information

Base Score
7.8
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
11.755

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Multiple vulnerabilities fixed in Adobe Acrobat Reader 2017 MUI (Classic Track) (17.011.30196)Windows
Multiple vulnerabilities fixed in Adobe Acrobat 2017 Pro and Standard (Acrobat 2017 Track) update - All languages (17.011.30196)Windows

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-319537Adobe Acrobat Reader 2017 MUI (Classic Track) (17.011.30196)
PATCH-319534Adobe Acrobat 2017 Pro and Standard (Acrobat 2017 Track) update - All languages (17.011.30196)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234