High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 11, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-21041
CVE-2021-21041
Description
Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 2020.013.20074 (and earlier), 2020.001.30018 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30188 (and earlier) are affected by a use-after-free vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve 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.
Affected products
2- Range: <=2020.013.20074, <=2020.001.30018, <=2017.011.30188
- Range: unspecified
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-09.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
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