CVE-2021-40729: 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…

PriorityP418low3.3CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRNUIRSUCLINAN

EPSS

4.14%

89.8th percentile

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 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 PDF file.

Affected

9 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
adobe	acrobat	17.011.30158 – 17.011.30202	—
adobe	acrobat	20.001.30005 – 20.004.30015	—
adobe	acrobat_dc	15.008.20082 – 21.007.20095	—
adobe	acrobat_dc	15.008.20082 – 21.007.20096	—
adobe	acrobat_reader	17.011.30158 – 17.011.30202	—
adobe	acrobat_reader	20.001.30005 – 20.004.30015	—
adobe	acrobat_reader	unspecified – 21.007.20095	—
adobe	acrobat_reader_dc	15.008.20082 – 21.007.20095	—
adobe	acrobat_reader_dc	15.008.20082 – 21.007.20096	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.13.3LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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