CVE-2021-39851: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Null Pointer Dereference Could Lead To Application Denial-of-Service

First published: Wed Sep 29 2021(Updated: )

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20060 (and earlier), 2020.004.30006 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30199 (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.

Credit: psirt@adobe.com

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