CVE-2021-28562: Adobe Acrobat DC

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 5.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 2021.001.20150 (and earlier), 2020.001.30020 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30194 (and earlier) are affected by a Use After Free vulnerability when executing search queries through Javascript. 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

• Adobe Acrobat DC: from 15.008.20082, up to and including 21.001.20150
• Adobe Acrobat Reader DC: from 15.008.20082, up to and including 21.001.20150

Published 2021-06-28. Last modified 2026-06-17.