CVE-2021-40729

3.3 LOW

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC version 21.007.20095 (and earlier), 21.007.20096 (and earlier), 20.004.30015 (and earlier), and 17.011.30202 (and...

Published: 2021-10-15 · Last updated: 2026-06-17

Severity and scoring

CVSS: 3.3 LOW
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE: CWE-125

Affected products

Vendor	Product
adobe	acrobat, acrobat_dc, acrobat_reader

Description

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC version 21.007.20095 (and earlier), 21.007.20096 (and earlier), 20.004.30015 (and earlier), and 17.011.30202 (and earlier) is affected by a out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious PDF file.

Source: NVD

References

[NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-40729
[Vendor advisory]https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-104.html
[Vendor advisory]https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-104.html

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