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CVE-2026-82001

Acrobat Reader is affected by an Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability that could lead to application denial-of-service.

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.23%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.23%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Acrobat Reader is affected by an Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability that could lead to application denial-of-service. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to exhaust system resources, resulting in an application denial-of-service condition. 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
0.23% probability · 14th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-400
Affected
adobe/acrobat · adobe/acrobat dc · adobe/acrobat reader dc
Source
psirt@adobe.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 0.23%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 0.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.