CVE-2021-39842

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 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-2021-39842
[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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