CVE-2021-40729

LOW

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC <21.007.20095 - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm

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.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-104.html

Scores

CVSS v3 3.3

EPSS 0.0072

EPSS Percentile 72.5%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-125

Status published

Products (4)

adobe/acrobat 20.001.30005 - 20.004.30015

adobe/acrobat_dc 15.008.20082 - 21.007.20095

adobe/acrobat_reader 20.001.30005 - 20.004.30015

adobe/acrobat_reader_dc 15.008.20082 - 21.007.20095

Published Oct 15, 2021

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026