CVE-2021-40723 — Out-of-bounds Read in Adobe Acrobat
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.28%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedSep 7
Description
Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 2020.013.20074 (and earlier), 2020.001.30018 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30188 (and earlier) are affected by an 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 file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6