CVE-2021-40723
Acrobat Reader DC Out-Of-Bounds Read Information Disclosure Vulnerability
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.5 Medium
- Published
- Sep 7, 2023
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Reserved
- Sep 8, 2021
Description
Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 2020.013.20074 (and earlier), 2020.001.30018 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30188 (and earlier) are affected by an 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 file.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.5 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | adobe |
Weaknesses
- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Acrobat ReaderAdobe |
|
References
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