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High · 7.8 CVE-2021-39840 EUVD-2021-26197GHSA-jwq3-rf5c-w7rp

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC AcroForm Field 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 when processing AcroForms that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or 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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