CVE-2021-29117 (GCVE-0-2021-29117)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-08-12 18:45 – Updated: 2025-04-10 14:58
VLAI?
Title
arcreader use-after-free
Summary
A use-after-free vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted file in Esri ArcReader 10.8.1 (and earlier) allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CWE
- CWE-416 - Use After Free
Assigner
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- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
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