CVE-2021-44708: Adobe Acrobat

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 38.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

  • Adobe Acrobat: from 17.011.30059, up to and including 17.011.30204; from 20.001.30005, up to and including 20.004.30017
  • Adobe Acrobat DC: from 15.008.20082, up to and including 21.007.20099
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader: from 17.011.30059, up to and including 17.011.30204; from 20.001.30005, up to and including 20.004.30017
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader DC: from 15.008.20082, up to and including 21.007.20099

Published 2022-01-14. Last modified 2026-06-17.