VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-39846

CVSS score6.1 MEDIUM
EPSS probability2.59%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-09-29
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

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 stack overflow vulnerability due to insecure handling of a crafted PDF file, potentially resulting in memory corruption in the context of the current user. Exploitation requires user interaction in that a victim must open a crafted PDF file in Acrobat Reader.

Weakness classification

  • psirt@adobe.com: CWE-121
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-787

Primary references