Adobe Acrobat Reader heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 2017.011.30197/2020.004.30005/2021.005.20054. It has been declared as critical. The affected element is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2021-28638. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 2017.011.30197/2020.004.30005/2021.005.20054 (Document Reader Software) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 07/13/2021 as APSB21-51. The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2021-28638. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 07/17/2021).

Upgrading to version 2017.011.30199, 2020.004.30006 or 2021.005.20058 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 2017.011.30199/2020.004.30006/2021.005.20058

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03/16/2021 🔍
07/13/2021 +118 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB21-51
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-28638 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-28638
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-178492

Entryinfo

Created: 07/13/2021 22:26
Updated: 07/17/2021 07:39
Changes: 07/13/2021 22:26 (40), 07/17/2021 07:39 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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