CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-40725
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-10-07
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/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 2021.005.20060 (and earlier), 2020.004.30006 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30199 (and earlier) are affected by a use-after-free vulnerability when processing AcroForm listbox that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.
Affected configurations
• adobe acrobat dc (>= 17.011.30059 <= 17.011.30199)
• adobe acrobat reader dc (>= 17.011.30059 <= 17.011.30199)
• adobe acrobat dc (>= 20.001.30005 <= 20.004.30006)
• adobe acrobat reader dc (>= 20.001.30005 <= 20.004.30006)
• adobe acrobat dc (>= 15.008.20082 <= 21.005.20058)
• adobe acrobat reader dc (>= 15.008.20082 <= 21.005.20058)
• adobe acrobat dc (>= 15.008.20082 <= 21.005.20060)
• adobe acrobat reader dc (>= 15.008.20082 <= 21.005.20060)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-55.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1250/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-55.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1250/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry