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01 Record

CVE-2021-39840

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC AcroForm Field Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: adobe
CNA base score7.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

02 Description

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC AcroForm Field Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
60.79% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 99.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2021-09-29 15:37Z5 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-16 20:12Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2021-08-23
Assigning CNA
adobe
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
High (CVSS 7.8)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
Data version
5.1
Document digest
a4d0d3a0b465fcd50e3ac311215e5880d541af2ffb61197d9bdee31e6b017166

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
AdobeAcrobat Reader<= DC 2021 July, <= 20.0-Classic 2021 July, <= 17.0-Classic 2021 July, <= None—

06 References