CVE-2021-35983: Adobe Acrobat DC

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 3.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20054 (and earlier), 2020.004.30005 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30197 (and earlier) are affected by an 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

• Adobe Acrobat DC: from 15.008.20082, up to and including 21.005.20054; from 17.011.30059, up to and including 17.011.30197; from 20.001.30005, up to and including 20.004.30005
• Adobe Acrobat Reader DC: from 15.008.20082, up to and including 21.005.20054; from 17.011.30059, up to and including 17.011.30197; from 20.001.30005, up to and including 20.004.30005

Published 2021-08-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.