CVE-2021-44740

Low

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.

SeverityLow
CVSS3.3
Exploit probability—
ProductAdobe Acrobat Dc
PublishedJan 14, 2022
First seenJan 14, 2022

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
adobe acrobat_dc15.008.20082 ≤ v ≤ 21.007.20099—
adobe acrobat_reader_dc15.008.20082 ≤ v ≤ 21.007.20099—
adobe acrobat17.011.30059 ≤ v ≤ 17.011.30204, 20.001.30005 ≤ v ≤ 20.004.30017—
adobe acrobat_reader17.011.30059 ≤ v ≤ 17.011.30204, 20.001.30005 ≤ v ≤ 20.004.30017—

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