CVE-2021-39852

MEDIUM

Adobe Acrobat and Reader DC < 21.005.20058 and < 17.011.30199 - Unauthenticated Denial of Service via Malicious File

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-55.html

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0188
EPSS Percentile 76.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (4)
adobe/acrobat 17.011.30059 - 17.011.30199
adobe/acrobat_dc 15.008.20082 - 21.005.20058
adobe/acrobat_reader 17.011.30059 - 17.011.30199
adobe/acrobat_reader_dc 15.008.20082 - 21.005.20058
Published Sep 29, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026