CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-40160

HIGHEPSS 72th pctl

7.8

CVSS v3

Description

PDFTron prior to 9.0.7 version may be forced to read beyond allocated boundaries when parsing a maliciously crafted PDF file. This vulnerability can be exploited to execute arbitrary code.

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read

How to fix

Remediation Available

advance steelNVD

Affected:>= 2022, < 2022.1.1Fixed in:2022.1.1CVE-2021-40160derived from NVD

autocadNVD

Affected:>= 2022, < 2022.1.1Fixed in:2022.1.1CVE-2021-40160derived from NVD

Affected:>= 2022, < 2022.2Fixed in:2022.2CVE-2021-40160derived from NVD

autocad architectureNVD

Affected:>= 2022, < 2022.1.1Fixed in:2022.1.1CVE-2021-40160derived from NVD

autocad electricalNVD

Affected:>= 2022, < 2022.1.1Fixed in:2022.1.1CVE-2021-40160derived from NVD

autocad ltNVD

Affected:>= 2022, < 2022.1.1Fixed in:2022.1.1CVE-2021-40160derived from NVD

Affected:>= 2022, < 2022.2Fixed in:2022.2CVE-2021-40160derived from NVD

autocad map 3dNVD

Affected:>= 2022, < 2022.1.1Fixed in:2022.1.1CVE-2021-40160derived from NVD

autocad mechanicalNVD

Affected:>= 2022, < 2022.1.1Fixed in:2022.1.1CVE-2021-40160derived from NVD

autocad mepNVD

Affected:>= 2022, < 2022.1.1Fixed in:2022.1.1CVE-2021-40160derived from NVD

autocad plant 3dNVD

Affected:>= 2022, < 2022.1.1Fixed in:2022.1.1CVE-2021-40160derived from NVD

civil 3dNVD

Affected:>= 2022, < 2022.1.1Fixed in:2022.1.1CVE-2021-40160derived from NVD

navisworksNVD

Affected:>= 2022, < 2022.1Fixed in:2022.1CVE-2021-40160derived from NVD

revitNVD

Affected:>= 2022, < 2022.1Fixed in:2022.1CVE-2021-40160derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.54%probability of exploitation in 30 days

72ndpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 72% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

autodesk.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2014-0160	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2025-5777	High	7.5	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-4034	High	7.8	95%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-21769	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-49285	High	8.6	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-8794	Critical	9.8	89%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.