CVE-2021-40730

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:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE: CWE-416

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 use-after-free that allow a remote attacker to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of of Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of JPG2000 images.

Source: NVD

References

[NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-40730
[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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