CVE-2021-21042

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    CVE-2021-21042

    Published: 11 Feb 2021Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

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

    Affected packages

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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