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CVE-2021-39837

Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.65249
Risk score
54.04
CISA KEV
No
PoC
No
Published
2021-09-29
Modified
2024-09-16
First seen
2026-08-07
Aliases
EUVD-2021-26194, GHSA-XPQM-H22M-6VXM
Products
Adobe:Acrobat Reader unspecified ≤17.0-Classic 2021 July, Adobe:Acrobat Reader unspecified ≤20.0-Classic 2021 July, Adobe:Acrobat Reader unspecified ≤DC 2021 July, Adobe:Acrobat Reader unspecified ≤None
Sources
euvd EUVD-2021-26194

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 use-after-free vulnerability in the processing of the AcroForm deleteItemAt action 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.

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