CVE-2021-44740 LOW

CVE-2021-44740: Adobe Acrobat Pro DC NULL Pointer Dereference could lead to Application-denial-of-service

Vendor Adobe
Product Acrobat Reader
Weakness CWE-476
Published January 14, 2022
Last update September 16, 2024

CVSS base score

3.3/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Acrobat Reader DC version 21.007.20099 (and earlier), 20.004.30017 (and earlier) and 17.011.30204 (and earlier) are affected by a Null pointer dereference vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted file. 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

January 14, 2022 CVE published
September 16, 2024 Record updated