CVE-2021-40730
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC JPEG2000 Parsing Use-After-Free Information Disclosure Vulnerability
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 3.3 Low
- Published
- Oct 15, 2021
- Updated
- Apr 23, 2025
- Reserved
- Sep 8, 2021
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 use-after-free that allow a remote attacker to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of of Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of JPG2000 images.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 3.3 Low | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N | adobe |
Weaknesses
- CWE-416 Use After Free (CWE-416)
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Acrobat ReaderAdobe |
|
References
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