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CVE-2021-44740

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-44740 is a Null pointer dereference vulnerability affecting Adobe Acrobat Reader DC versions 21.007.20099 and earlier, 20.004.30017 and earlier, and 17.011.30204 and earlier, impacting Adobe, Apple, and Microsoft platforms. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) can lead to an application denial-of-service if an unauthenticated user opens a specially crafted malicious file. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 15.008.20082, <= 21.007.20099CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:*
>= 15.008.20082, <= 21.007.20099CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:*
>= 17.011.30059, <= 17.011.30204CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*
>= 20.001.30005, <= 20.004.30017CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*
>= 17.011.30059, <= 17.011.30204CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

3.3LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.63%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0363 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 5,765 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

adobevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

helpx.adobe.com / security/products/acrobat/apsb22-01.html
Vendor Advisory