VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-21041

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability3.06%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-02-11
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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 a use-after-free vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve 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.

Weakness classification

  • psirt@adobe.com: CWE-416
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-416

Primary references