CVE-2021-21057CWE-476

Acrobat Reader DC Invalid Memory Read Due To An Uninitialized Pointer

Medium · published February 11, 2021

CVSS v3.1
6.6
EPSS
1%
Percentile
66.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 2020.013.20074 (and earlier), 2020.001.30018 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30188 (and earlier) are affected by a null pointer dereference vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted PDF file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve denial of service in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.6 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01132 · 66.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference
Published
2021-02-11T19:42Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 FEB 19:42Z
    Acrobat Reader DC Invalid Memory Read Due To An Uninitialized Pointer
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