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Medium · 6.6 CVE-2021-21057 EUVD-2021-8448GHSA-jpr2-8h3g-8rc7

Acrobat Reader DC Invalid Memory Read Due To An Uninitialized Pointer

Published Feb 11, 2021 · Updated Sep 17, 2024 · Assigned by adobe

Description

Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 2020.013.20074 (and earlier), 2020.001.30018 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30188 (and earlier) are affected by a null pointer dereference vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted PDF file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve 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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Adobe Acrobat Reader unspecified – ≤ 2020.013.20074, unspecified – ≤ 2020.001.30018, unspecified – ≤ 2017.011.30188, unspecified – ≤ None —

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