cve-2021-28558
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-09-02 16:06
Modified
2024-09-16 22:46
Summary
Adobe Acrobat Reader heap-based buffer overflow could lead to arbitrary code execution
References
Impacted products
AdobeAcrobat Reader
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