High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 2, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-21086
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.
Affected products
2- Range: <=2020.013.20074, <=2020.001.30018, <=2017.011.30188
- Range: unspecified
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-09.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
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