Use-After-Free Vulnerability in Acrobat Reader DC: Arbitrary Code Execution

CVE-2021-39837 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20060 (and earlier), 2020.004.30006 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30199 (and earlier) are affected by a use-after-free vulnerability in the processing of the AcroForm deleteItemAt action that 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.

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