{"id":"CVE-2021-44713","aliases":["EUVD-2021-31529","GHSA-wv3p-x8gm-ch5w"],"status":"published","title":"Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Use After Free could lead to Application denial-of-service","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 application denial of service. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.02692,"percentile":0.85999,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-416"],"published":"2022-01-14T19:05:33Z","modified":"2026-06-17T04:12:45Z","products":[{"vendor":"adobe","product":"acrobat"},{"vendor":"adobe","product":"acrobat reader"},{"vendor":"adobe","product":"acrobat_dc"},{"vendor":"adobe","product":"acrobat_reader"},{"vendor":"adobe","product":"acrobat_reader_dc"}],"references":[{"url":"https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb22-01.html","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44713"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wv3p-x8gm-ch5w"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2021-44713","title":"Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Use After Free could lead to Application denial-of-service","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 application denial of service. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.","status":"published","published":"2022-01-14T19:05:33.279Z","modified":"2024-09-16T23:31:42.32Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-416"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:33:01.166399Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2021-31529","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 application denial of service. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.","status":"published","published":"2022-01-14T19:05:33Z","modified":"2024-09-16T23:31:42Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T00:54:49.244391Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-wv3p-x8gm-ch5w","title":"Acrobat Reader DC version 21.007.20099 (and earlier), 20.004.30017 (and earlier) and 17.011.30204...","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 application denial of service. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.","status":"published","published":"2022-01-15T00:01:08Z","modified":"2023-02-03T05:04:35Z","cwes":["CWE-416"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:53:35.259064Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2021-44713","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 application denial of service. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.","status":"published","published":"2022-01-14T20:15:12.983Z","modified":"2026-06-17T04:12:45.127Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":4.3,"vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-416"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:07:03.821385Z"}]}}