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CVE-2021-40697

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-40697 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability affecting Adobe Framemaker versions 2019 Update 8 and earlier, and 2020 Release Update 2 and earlier. This flaw could lead to the disclosure of sensitive memory and potentially bypass ASLR. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 3.3, requiring user interaction to open a malicious file for exploitation. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2019.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:framemaker:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2020.0.1, <= 2020.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:framemaker:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 2019.8CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:framemaker:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 2020.2CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:framemaker:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

3.3LOW

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0150 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 577 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

adobepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

helpx.adobe.com / security/products/framemaker/apsb21-74.html
PatchVendor Advisory