CVE-2021-35985 MEDIUM

CVE-2021-35985: Adobe Acrobat Pro DC PDFLibTool Null Pointer Dereference Bug

Vendor Adobe
Product Acrobat Reader
Weakness CWE-476
Published August 20, 2021
Last update September 16, 2024

CVSS base score

5.5/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20054 (and earlier), 2020.004.30005 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30197 (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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 20, 2021 CVE published
September 16, 2024 Record updated