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

CVE-2021-40726 · 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 when processing AcroForm field that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.

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