CVE-2022-35691 Adobe Acrobat Reader NULL Pointer Dereference Application denial-of-service

2022-10-1100:00:00

CWE-476

adobe

www.cve.org

adobe acrobat reader

null pointer dereference

application denial-of-service

vulnerability

unauthenticated attacker

user interaction

malicious file

5.5 Medium

CVSS3

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

6.2 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

30.5%

JSON

Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 22.002.20212 (and earlier) and 20.005.30381 (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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      },
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        "version": "unspecified",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "22.002.20212",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "unspecified",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "None",
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      }
    ]
  }
]