CVE-2021-39845

MediumCVSS 6.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.1/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-121CWE-787

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
AdobeAcrobat Reader>= unspecified, <= 2020.004.30006; >= unspecified, <= 2017.011.30199; >= unspecified, <= 2021.005.20060; >= unspecified, <= None

References

Timeline

Published
Sep 29, 2021
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2021-39845: Medium severity, CVSS 6.1 | Vulnix