cvelistv5 - CVE-2021-40723

CVE-2021-40723

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2023-09-07 12:54

Modified

2024-08-04 02:51

Severity ?

5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Summary

Acrobat Reader DC Out-Of-Bounds Read Information Disclosure Vulnerability

References

▼	URL	Tags
	psirt@adobe.com	https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-09.html	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

▼	Vendor	Product
	Adobe	Acrobat Reader

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