Adobe Acrobat Reader resource consumption

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Adobe Acrobat Reader. This vulnerability affects unknown code. This manipulation causes resource consumption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-82001. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader (the affected version is unknown). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Acrobat Reader is affected by an Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability that could lead to application denial-of-service. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to exhaust system resources, resulting in an application denial-of-service condition. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-82001 since 08/27/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. 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. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/08/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Document Reader Software

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• Adobe

Name

• Acrobat Reader

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• free

Website

• Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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