Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 10.1.14/11.0.11 null pointer dereference
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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 10.1.14/11.0.11 (Document Reader Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:
Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.1.15 and 11.x before 11.0.12, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 2015.006.30060, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 2015.008.20082 on Windows and OS X allow attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-4444.
The weakness was published 07/15/2015 with Alibaba Security Research Team as APSB15-15 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-4443 since 06/08/2015. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 84800 (Adobe Acrobat < 10.1.15 / 11.0.12 / 2015.006.30060 / 2015.008.20082 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB15-15)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 123662 (Adobe Reader and Acrobat Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB15-15)).
Upgrading to version 10.1.15 or 11.0.12 eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (84800). Similar entries are available at 67557, 76512, 76513 and 76517.
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Vendor
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Version
- 10.1.0
- 10.1.1
- 10.1.2
- 10.1.3
- 10.1.4
- 10.1.5
- 10.1.6
- 10.1.7
- 10.1.8
- 10.1.9
- 10.1.10
- 10.1.11
- 10.1.12
- 10.1.13
- 10.1.14
- 11.0.0
- 11.0.01
- 11.0.02
- 11.0.03
- 11.0.04
- 11.0.05
- 11.0.06
- 11.0.07
- 11.0.08
- 11.0.09
- 11.0.10
- 11.0.11
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Class: Null pointer dereferenceCWE: CWE-476 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 84800
Nessus Name: Adobe Acrobat < 10.1.15 / 11.0.12 / 2015.006.30060 / 2015.008.20082 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB15-15)
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Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 10.1.15/11.0.12
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Timeline
06/08/2015 🔍06/29/2015 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: adobe.comAdvisory: APSB15-15
Organization: Alibaba Security Research Team
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2015-4443 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1032892
Vulnerability Center: 51240 - [APSB15-15] Adobe Reader, Acrobat, Reader DC and Acrobat DC Remote DoS - CVE-2015-4443, Medium
SecurityFocus: 75735 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader Null Pointer Deference Multiple Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities
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Entry
Created: 07/16/2015 11:28Updated: 06/01/2022 05:24
Changes: 07/16/2015 11:28 (57), 04/07/2017 10:46 (14), 06/01/2022 05:10 (2), 06/01/2022 05:24 (1)
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