CVE-2021-21042
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CVE-2021-21042 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.5/10 on the CVSS scale. Acrobat Reader DC versions 2020.013.20074 (and earlier), 2020.001.30018 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30188 (and earlier) are affected by an Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary disclosure of information in the memory stack. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. EPSS estimates a 14.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
Acrobat Reader DC versions 2020.013.20074 (and earlier), 2020.001.30018 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30188 (and earlier) are affected by an Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary disclosure of information in the memory stack. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Adobe | Acrobat | >= 17.0, <= 17.011.30188 |
| Adobe | Acrobat | >= 20.0, <= 20.001.30018 |
| Adobe | Acrobat Dc | <= 20.013.20074 |
| Adobe | Acrobat Reader | >= 17.0, <= 17.011.30188 |
| Adobe | Acrobat Reader | >= 20.0, <= 20.001.300183 |
| Adobe | Acrobat Reader Dc | <= 20.013.20074 |
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