CVE-2021-39838

7.8 HIGH

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20060 (and earlier), 2020.004.30006 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30199 (and earlier) are affected by a ...

Published: 2021-09-29 · Last updated: 2026-06-17

Severity and scoring

CVSS: 7.8 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE: CWE-416

Affected products

Vendor	Product
adobe	acrobat, acrobat_dc, acrobat_reader

Description

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20060 (and earlier), 2020.004.30006 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30199 (and earlier) are affected by a use-after-free vulnerability in the processing of the AcroForm buttonGetCaption action that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Source: NVD

References

[NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-39838
[Vendor advisory]https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-55.html
[Vendor advisory]https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-55.html

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