CVEs-PoC/2021/CVE-2021-21798.md

CVE-2021-21798

Description

An exploitable return of stack variable address vulnerability exists in the JavaScript implementation of Nitro Pro PDF. A specially crafted document can cause a stack variable to go out of scope, resulting in the application dereferencing a stale pointer. This can lead to code execution under the context of the application. An attacker can convince a user to open a document to trigger the vulnerability.

POC

Reference

• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2021-1267

Github

• https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cve-scores