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CVE-2021-21796

Published: Oct 18, 2021

Modified: Aug 3, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.0

8.8

HIGH

Description

An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in the JavaScript implementation of Nitro Pro PDF. A specially crafted document can cause an object containing the path to a document to be destroyed and then later reused, resulting in a use-after-free vulnerability, which can lead to code execution under the context of the application. An attacker can convince a user to open a document to trigger this vulnerability.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

Nitro Pro

affected
Nitro Pro 13.31.0.605,Nitro Pro 13.33.2.645

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-416

CVSS v3.0 Details

CVSS v3.0 Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

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