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01 Record

CVE-2021-39842

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC messageHandler.OnMessage Use-After-Free 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 messageHandler.OnMessage Use-After-Free 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
17.35% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 96.8% 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 15:38Z5 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-17 01:10Z2 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
652f684ea0bd0e4eee66aa2cd8b14f7b6ba8b26925d188f849cff10c64d37b3c

05 Affected products

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

06 References