Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-21797

HighPublic PoC

Published: 18 October 2021

Published
18 October 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.6884 98.6th percentile
Risk Priority 57 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-21797 is a high-severity Double Free (CWE-415) vulnerability in Gonitro Nitro Pro. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 1.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An exploitable double-free vulnerability exists in the JavaScript implementation of Nitro Pro PDF. A specially crafted document can cause a reference to a timeout object to be stored in two different places. When closed, the document will result in the…

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reference being released twice. This 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.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

gonitro
nitro pro
13.31.0.605, 13.33.2.645

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References