CVE-2021-40729

LowCVSS 3.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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 a out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. 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 PDF file.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 3.3/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-125

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Oct 15, 2021
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2021-40729: Low severity, CVSS 3.3 | Vulnix