Security Advisory

CVE-2021-40731

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2021-10-15 14:22:22
Last updated 2025-04-23 19:24:53
Assigner adobe
CVSS score 7.8
State PUBLISHED

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 an out-of-bounds write vulnerability when parsing a crafted JPEG2000 file, which 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.