High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jan 14, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-44705
CVE-2021-44705
Description
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.
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Affected products
6cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*range: >=17.011.30059,<=17.011.30204
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:*range: >=15.008.20082,<=21.007.20099
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*range: >=17.011.30059,<=17.011.30204
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:*range: >=15.008.20082,<=21.007.20099
- (no CPE)range: <=21.007.20099, <=20.004.30017, <=17.011.30204
Patches
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References
2- helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb22-01.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-540/nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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