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CVE-2023-21586

Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 22.003.20282 (and earlier), 22.003.20281 (and earlier) and 20.005.30418 (and earlier) are affected by a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability.

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 2.10%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.10%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 22.003.20282 (and earlier), 22.003.20281 (and earlier) and 20.005.30418 (and earlier) are affected by a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability. 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 3.1: 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS: 2.10% probability · 81th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-476
Affected: adobe/acrobat dc · adobe/acrobat reader dc · adobe/acrobat · adobe/acrobat reader
Source: psirt@adobe.com

References

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb23-01.htmlVendor Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.