CVE-2021-39842CWE-416

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC messageHandler.OnMessage Use-After-Free Vulnerability

High · published September 29, 2021

CVSS v3.0
7.8
EPSS
17%
Percentile
97.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20060 (and earlier), 2020.004.30006 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30199 (and earlier) are affected by a use-after-free vulnerability that could result in 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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.0
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.17352 · 97.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-416 · Use After Free
Published
2021-09-29T15:38Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 29 SEP 15:38Z
    Adobe Acrobat Reader DC messageHandler.OnMessage Use-After-Free Vulnerability
    cvelistv5