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CVE-2021-40729

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CVE-2021-40729

Published: Oct 15, 2021

Modified: Apr 23, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

3.3

LOW

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 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 PDF file.

VendorProductVersions

Adobe

Acrobat Reader

affected
unspecified - <= 21.007.20095
affected
unspecified - <= 21.007.20096
affected
unspecified - <= 20.004.30015
affected
unspecified - <= 17.011.30202

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

None

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