Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-44741

Low

Published: 14 January 2022

Published
14 January 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0075 73.6th percentile
Risk Priority 7 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-44741 is a low-severity NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476) vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat Dc. Its CVSS base score is 3.3 (Low).

Operationally, ranked in the top 26.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Acrobat Reader DC version 21.007.20099 (and earlier), 20.004.30017 (and earlier) and 17.011.30204 (and earlier) are affected by a Null pointer dereference vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve an application denial-of-service…

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in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

adobe
acrobat dc
15.008.20082 — 21.007.20099 · 15.008.20082 — 21.007.20099
adobe
acrobat reader dc
15.008.20082 — 21.007.20099 · 15.008.20082 — 21.007.20099
adobe
acrobat
17.011.30059 — 17.011.30204 · 20.001.30005 — 20.004.30017
adobe
acrobat reader
17.011.30059 — 17.011.30204 · 20.001.30005 — 20.004.30017

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References