CVE-2023-21586 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-21586: Acrobat Reader | NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476)

Vendor Adobe
Product Acrobat Reader
Weakness CWE-476
Published December 18, 2024
Last update December 19, 2024

CVSS base score

5.5/10
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:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 22.003.20282 (and earlier), 22.003.20281 (and earlier) and 20.005.30418 (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

December 18, 2024 CVE published
December 19, 2024 Record updated