CVE-2021-21796

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 High 7.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-21796
  • Assigner
  • talos-cna@cisco.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-10-18T13:15:09
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-05-13T17:14:59
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-416 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:gonitro:nitro_pro:13.31.0.605:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gonitro:nitro_pro:13.33.2.645:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2021-1265 Exploit Mitigation Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21796
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-21796
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-04-20 17:01:58 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 12:31:51 2021-10-18T13:15Z 2021-10-18T13:15:09 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 12:31:51 2022-05-13T17:14:59 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 12:31:51 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated