CVE-2022-35691

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.

CVSS v3.0 5.5 MEDIUM

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CVSS v3.0 : 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/apsb22-46.html	Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

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

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

Configuration 2 (hide)

AND

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

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

Information

Published : 2022-10-14 13:15

Updated : 2022-10-18 23:19

NVD link : CVE-2022-35691

Mitre link : CVE-2022-35691

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

Products Affected

microsoft

windows

adobe

acrobat
acrobat_reader_dc
acrobat_reader
acrobat_dc

apple

macos

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