CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-40731

7.8 HIGH Published 2021-10-15 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-10-15
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-787

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 an out-of-bounds write vulnerability when parsing a crafted JPEG2000 file, which could result in 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 dc (>= 15.008.20082 <= 21.007.20095) • adobe acrobat reader dc (>= 15.008.20082 <= 21.007.20095) • adobe acrobat dc (>= 15.008.20082 <= 21.007.20096) • adobe acrobat reader dc (>= 15.008.20082 <= 21.007.20096) • adobe acrobat (>= 20.001.30005 <= 20.004.30015) • adobe acrobat reader (>= 20.001.30005 <= 20.004.30015) • adobe acrobat (>= 17.011.30158 <= 17.011.30202) • adobe acrobat reader (>= 17.011.30158 <= 17.011.30202)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness

References