CVE-2021-44740

Summary

CVECVE-2021-44740
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-01-14 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-01-21 20:12:00 UTC
DescriptionAcrobat 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Adobe Acrobat All All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat All All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Dc All All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader All All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader All All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader Dc All All All All
Operating System Apple Macos - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Adobe Security Bulletin MISC helpx.adobe.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 376233 Adobe Security Update for Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader (APSB22-01)
  • 376764 Foxit Reader and Foxit PDF Editor Prior to 11.2.1 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
  • 376802 Foxit PhantomPDF Prior to 10.1.7 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
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