Vulnerability · Published Oct 14, 2022 · Assigned by adobe

CVE-2022-35691Adobe Acrobat Reader NULL Pointer Dereference Application denial-of-service

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity null pointer dereference in Acrobat Reader from Adobe. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 4.4% (higher than 91% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)4.4%top 8.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 22.002.20212 (and earlier) and 20.005.30381 (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.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Adobe Acrobat Reader unspecified – through 20.005.30381unspecified – through 22.002.20212unspecified – through None

Weakness: CWE-476 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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