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High · 7.8 CVE-2021-40731 EUVD-2021-27896GHSA-fp5j-76gh-rmhg

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC JPEG2000 Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Published Oct 15, 2021 · Updated Apr 23, 2025 · Assigned by adobe

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 an out-of-bounds write vulnerability when parsing a crafted JPEG2000 file, which 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 – ≤ 21.007.20095, unspecified – ≤ 21.007.20096, unspecified – ≤ 20.004.30015, unspecified – ≤ 17.011.30202 —

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