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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.8 High

CVE-2021-39842

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

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 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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Adobe Acrobat Reader

  • unspecified to ≤ DC 2021 Julyaffected
  • unspecified to ≤ 20.0-Classic 2021 Julyaffected
  • unspecified to ≤ 17.0-Classic 2021 Julyaffected
  • unspecified to ≤ Noneaffected

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