CVE-2021-35984 (GCVE-0-2021-35984)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-08-20 18:10 – Updated: 2024-09-16 17:18
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Summary
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 authenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability achieve an application denial-of-service in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue does not requires user interaction.
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476)
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Vendor Product Version
Adobe Acrobat Reader Affected: unspecified , ≤ 2020.004.30005 (custom)
Affected: unspecified , ≤ 2017.011.30197 (custom)
Affected: unspecified , ≤ 2021.005.20054 (custom)
Affected: unspecified , ≤ None (custom)
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