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High · 7.8 CVE-2021-39839 EUVD-2021-26196GHSA-8gj7-p588-576j

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC AcroForm getItemAt Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Published Sep 29, 2021 · Updated Sep 16, 2024 · Assigned by adobe

Description

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20060 (and earlier), 2020.004.30006 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30199 (and earlier) are affected by a use-after-free vulnerability in the processing of the AcroForm getItem action that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Adobe Acrobat Reader unspecified – ≤ DC 2021 July, unspecified – ≤ 20.0-Classic 2021 July, unspecified – ≤ 17.0-Classic 2021 July, unspecified – ≤ None —

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