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. 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 v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb23-01.html	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:::::continuous:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:::::continuous:::*

Configuration 2 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:::::continuous:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:::::continuous:::*

Configuration 3 (hide)

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*

OR	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:::::classic:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:::::classic:::*

History

06 Feb 2025, 18:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Adobe acrobat Adobe acrobat Dc Adobe Microsoft windows Adobe acrobat Reader Adobe acrobat Reader Dc Apple macos Apple Microsoft
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:::::continuous:::* cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:::::classic:::* cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:::::classic:::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:::::continuous:::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:::::::*
References	~~() https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb23-01.html -~~	() https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb23-01.html - Vendor Advisory

19 Dec 2024, 00:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2024-12-19 00:15

Updated : 2025-02-06 18:16

NVD link : CVE-2023-21586

Mitre link : CVE-2023-21586

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-21586

JSON object : View

Products Affected

adobe

acrobat
acrobat_reader_dc
acrobat_dc
acrobat_reader

microsoft

windows

apple

macos

CWE

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

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