CVE record · CVE-2021-28596

Adobe FrameMaker PDF File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVSS 7.8 HighEPSS 0.023 · 83rd percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: adobe) at 23 Aug 2021, 22:37 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
Adobe	FrameMaker	affected unspecified to 2020.0.1, inclusive custom affected unspecified to 2019.0.8, inclusive custom affected unspecified to None, inclusive custom

Identifiers: CVE-2021-28596
CNA: adobe
Weakness (CWE): CWE-787
Tags: Adobe FrameMaker
Memory corruption
Published: 23 Aug 2021
Updated: 23 Apr 2025

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
7.8	High	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CNA (adobe)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.023, the 83rd percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 23 Aug 2021. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

helpx.adobe.com/security/products/framemaker/apsb21-45.html

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