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A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 2015.006.30505/2017.011.30152/2019.021.20056 (Document Reader Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions , 2019.021.20056 and earlier, 2017.011.30152 and earlier, 2017.011.30155 and earlier version, 2017.011.30152 and earlier, and 2015.006.30505 and earlier have an untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution .
The weakness was published 12/10/2019 as APSB19-55 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-16460. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/10/2024).
Upgrading to version 2015.006.30508, 2017.011.30156 or 2019.021.20058 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
Additional details are provided at blogs.adobe.com. Similar entries are available at 146948, 146949, 146950 and 146951.
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Class: Null pointer dereferenceCWE: CWE-476 / CWE-404
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 2015.006.30508/2017.011.30156/2019.021.20058
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09/19/2019 🔍12/10/2019 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: adobe.comAdvisory: APSB19-55
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2019-16460 (🔍)
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Entry
Created: 12/11/2019 16:56Updated: 03/10/2024 10:07
Changes: 12/11/2019 16:56 (45), 12/11/2019 17:01 (17), 03/10/2024 10:07 (4)
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