CVE-2021-44709: Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Heap Overflow Vulnerability could lead to Arbitrary code execution

First published: Fri Jan 14 2022(Updated: )

Acrobat Reader DC version 21.007.20099 (and earlier), 20.004.30017 (and earlier) and 17.011.30204 (and earlier) are affected by a heap overflow vulnerability due to insecure handling of a crafted file, potentially resulting 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.

Credit: psirt@adobe.com

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