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CVE-2021-21042: Acrobat Reader DC Out-Of-Bounds Read Information Disclosure Vulnerability

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 14.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-02-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2020.013.20074 (and earlier), 2020.001.30018 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30188 (and earlier) are affected by an Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary disclosure of information in the memory stack. 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 file.

Affected products

• Adobe Acrobat for Edge: from 17.0 through 17.011.30188; from 20.0 through 20.001.30018
• Adobe Acrobat DC: through 20.013.20074
• Adobe Acrobat Reader: from 17.0 through 17.011.30188; from 20.0 through 20.001.300183
• Adobe Acrobat Reader: through 20.013.20074

References

• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-09.html
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-09.html

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