CVE-2021-40728Use After Free in Adobe Acrobat Reader

CWE-416Use After Free3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
50.8%
top 2.13%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedOct 15
Latest updateMay 24

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 vulnerability in the processing of the GetURL function on a global object window 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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages5 packages

CVEListV5adobe/acrobat_readerunspecified21.007.20095+3
NVDadobe/acrobat_reader20.001.3000520.004.30015+1
NVDadobe/acrobat_reader_dc15.008.2008221.007.20095+1
NVDadobe/acrobat20.001.3000520.004.30015+1
NVDadobe/acrobat_dc15.008.2008221.007.20095+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-pq3q-h37w-5953: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC version 212022-05-24
CVEList
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Use After Free Arbitrary Code Execution2021-10-15
CVE-2021-40728 — Use After Free in Adobe Acrobat Reader | cvebase