{"id":"CVE-2021-40730","aliases":["EUVD-2021-27895","GHSA-r3pv-qwgr-hxx8"],"status":"published","title":"Adobe Acrobat Reader DC JPEG2000 Parsing Use-After-Free Information Disclosure Vulnerability","description":"Adobe Acrobat Reader DC version 21.007.20095 (and earlier), 21.007.20096 (and earlier), 20.004.30015 (and earlier), and 17.011.30202 (and earlier) is affected by a use-after-free that allow a remote attacker to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of of Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of JPG2000 images.","severity":{"version":"3.0","score":3.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","level":"low","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.03898,"percentile":0.90348,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-416"],"published":"2021-10-15T14:21:55Z","modified":"2026-06-17T04:07:20Z","products":[{"vendor":"adobe","product":"acrobat"},{"vendor":"adobe","product":"acrobat reader"},{"vendor":"adobe","product":"acrobat_dc"},{"vendor":"adobe","product":"acrobat_reader"},{"vendor":"adobe","product":"acrobat_reader_dc"}],"references":[{"url":"https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-104.html","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-40730"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r3pv-qwgr-hxx8"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2021-40730","title":"Adobe Acrobat Reader DC JPEG2000 Parsing Use-After-Free Information Disclosure Vulnerability","description":"Adobe Acrobat Reader DC version 21.007.20095 (and earlier), 21.007.20096 (and earlier), 20.004.30015 (and earlier), and 17.011.30202 (and earlier) is affected by a use-after-free that allow a remote attacker to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of of Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of JPG2000 images.","status":"published","published":"2021-10-15T14:21:55.008Z","modified":"2025-04-23T19:25:06.087Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":3.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","level":"low","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-416"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:33:01.495293Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2021-27895","description":"Adobe Acrobat Reader DC version 21.007.20095 (and earlier), 21.007.20096 (and earlier), 20.004.30015 (and earlier), and 17.011.30202 (and earlier) is affected by a use-after-free that allow a remote attacker to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of of Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. 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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The specific flaw exists within the parsing of JPG2000 images.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-24T19:17:41Z","modified":"2023-01-30T05:02:51Z","cwes":["CWE-416"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:46:43.616467Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2021-40730","description":"Adobe Acrobat Reader DC version 21.007.20095 (and earlier), 21.007.20096 (and earlier), 20.004.30015 (and earlier), and 17.011.30202 (and earlier) is affected by a use-after-free that allow a remote attacker to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of of Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. 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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