CVE-2021-21057
MEDIUMAdobe Acrobat/Reader <17.011.30188/<20.013.20074 DoS via Crafted PDF
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-09.html
Scores
CVSS v3
6.6
EPSS
0.0109
EPSS Percentile
61.3%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-476
Status
published
Products (4)
adobe/acrobat
17.0 - 17.011.30188
adobe/acrobat_dc
< 20.013.20074
adobe/acrobat_reader
17.0 - 17.011.30188
adobe/acrobat_reader_dc
< 20.013.20074
Published
Feb 11, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026