CVE-2021-40725 — Use After Free in Adobe Acrobat Reader

CWE-416 — Use After Free3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
16.5%
top 5.09%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Adobe Acrobat ReaderAdobe Acrobat DCAdobe Acrobat Reader DC
Timeline
PublishedOct 7
Latest updateMay 24

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 when processing AcroForm listbox that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶CVEListV5adobe/acrobat_readerunspecified — 2020.004.30006+3
▶NVDadobe/acrobat_reader_dc17.011.30059 — 17.011.30199+3
▶NVDadobe/acrobat_dc17.011.30059 — 17.011.30199+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-rmgg-v7p7-jv2c: Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC AcroForm listbox Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability↗2021-10-07
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