cve-2021-40728
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-10-15 14:22
Modified
2024-09-16 17:23
Summary
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Use After Free Arbitrary Code Execution
References
Impacted products
AdobeAcrobat Reader
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