Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-40729

Low

Published: 15 October 2021

Published
15 October 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0072 72.8th percentile
Risk Priority 7 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-40729 is a low-severity Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. Its CVSS base score is 3.3 (Low).

Operationally, ranked in the top 27.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

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 out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to…

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bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious PDF file.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

adobe
acrobat dc
15.008.20082 — 21.007.20095 · 15.008.20082 — 21.007.20096
adobe
acrobat reader dc
15.008.20082 — 21.007.20095 · 15.008.20082 — 21.007.20096
adobe
acrobat
20.001.30005 — 20.004.30015 · 17.011.30158 — 17.011.30202
adobe
acrobat reader
20.001.30005 — 20.004.30015 · 17.011.30158 — 17.011.30202

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References