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CVE-2021-39861

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-39861 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability affecting Adobe Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20060 and earlier, 2020.004.30006 and earlier, and 2017.011.30199 and earlier, across Adobe, Apple, and Microsoft platforms. This medium severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) requires user interaction, specifically opening a malicious file, to disclose arbitrary memory information. While the potential impact is high for confidentiality, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 20.006.20034, <= 21.005.20060CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:*
>= 20.006.20034, <= 21.005.20058CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:*
>= 20.006.20034, <= 21.005.20060CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:*
>= 17.011.30158, <= 17.011.30199CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_2017:*:*:*:*:classic_2017:*:*:*
>= 17.011.30158, <= 17.011.30199CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_2017:*:*:*:*:classic_2017:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0254 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 5,765 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

adobevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

helpx.adobe.com / security/products/acrobat/apsb21-55.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory