CVE-2021-39838

published 2021-09-29

CVE-2021-39838: 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…

Priority P3 59 high 7.8 CVSS 3.0

AV L AC L PR N UI R S U C H I H A H

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.

Affected

9 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
adobe	acrobat	17.011.30059 – 17.011.30199	—
adobe	acrobat	20.001.30005 – 20.004.30006	—
adobe	acrobat_dc	15.008.20082 – 21.005.20058	—
adobe	acrobat_dc	15.008.20082 – 21.005.20060	—
adobe	acrobat_reader	17.011.30059 – 17.011.30199	—
adobe	acrobat_reader	20.001.30005 – 20.004.30006	—
adobe	acrobat_reader	unspecified – DC 2021 July	—
adobe	acrobat_reader_dc	15.008.20082 – 21.005.20058	—
adobe	acrobat_reader_dc	15.008.20082 – 21.005.20060	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.0 7.8 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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