CVE-2021-40730Use After Free in Adobe Acrobat Reader

CWE-416Use After Free4 documents4 sources
Severity
3.3LOWNVD
EPSS
1.4%
top 19.38%
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 that allow a remote attacker to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of of Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of JPG2000 images.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 1.4

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-r3pv-qwgr-hxx8: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC version 212022-05-24
CVEList
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC JPEG2000 Parsing Use-After-Free Information Disclosure Vulnerability2021-10-15

🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Zscaler
Zscaler protects against Adobe vulnerabilities | 10-12-2021
CVE-2021-40730 — Use After Free in Adobe Acrobat Reader | cvebase