CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-40723

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2023-09-07 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2023-09-07
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-125

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 an 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 file.

Affected configurations

• adobe acrobat (< 20.001.30020) • adobe acrobat (>= 20.0 < 20.001.30020) • adobe acrobat dc (< 21.001.20135) • adobe acrobat reader (< 17.011.30190) • adobe acrobat reader (>= 20.0 < 20.001.30020) • adobe acrobat reader dc (< 21.001.20135)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read weakness

References