CVE-2021-39851CWE-476

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Null Pointer Dereference Could Lead To Application Denial-of-Service

Medium · published September 29, 2021

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
2%
Percentile
80.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20060 (and earlier), 2020.004.30006 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30199 (and earlier) are affected by a Null pointer dereference vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve an application 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
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01943 · 80.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference
Published
2021-09-29T15:38Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 29 SEP 15:38Z
    Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Null Pointer Dereference Could Lead To Application Denial-of-Service
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