CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-21041
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-02-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416
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 a use-after-free vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve 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.
Affected configurations
• adobe acrobat (>= 17.0 <= 17.011.30188)
• adobe acrobat (>= 20.0 <= 20.001.30018)
• adobe acrobat dc (<= 20.013.20074)
• adobe acrobat reader (>= 17.0 <= 17.011.30188)
• adobe acrobat reader (>= 20.0 <= 20.001.300183)
• adobe acrobat reader dc (<= 20.013.20074)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-09.html Vendor Advisory
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-09.html Vendor Advisory