CVE-2021-40729

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
AdobeAcrobat Readerunspecified <= 21.007.20095affected
AdobeAcrobat Readerunspecified <= 21.007.20096affected
AdobeAcrobat Readerunspecified <= 20.004.30015affected
AdobeAcrobat Readerunspecified <= 17.011.30202affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

References