CVE-2021-44740 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Adobe Acrobat Reader
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
CNA3.3
EPSS
0.8%
top 26.76%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJan 14
Latest updateMar 4
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6