CVE-2021-39852 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Null Pointer Dereference Could Lead To Application Denial-of-Service

2021-09-2915:38:48

CWE-476

adobe

www.cve.org

adobe

acrobat reader

null pointer dereference

application denial-of-service

vulnerability

unauthenticated attacker

user interaction

CVSS3

5.5

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

AI Score

6.2

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

30.8%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

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  {
    "product": "Acrobat Reader",
    "vendor": "Adobe",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThanOrEqual": "DC 2021 July",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "unspecified",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "lessThanOrEqual": "20.0-Classic 2021 July",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "unspecified",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "lessThanOrEqual": "17.0-Classic 2021 July",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "unspecified",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "lessThanOrEqual": "None",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "unspecified",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  }
]