CVE-2024-49531 Acrobat Reader | NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476)

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

An attacker can crash Adobe Acrobat Reader by tricking a user into opening a malicious file, causing a denial-of-service condition.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-49531?

CVE-2024-49531 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, published on 10 Dec 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Acrobat Reader versions 24.005.20307, 24.001.30213, 24.001.30193, 20.005.30730, 20.005.30710 and earlier are affected by a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability that could result in an application denial-of-service. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the application, leading to a denial-of-service condition. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-49531?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Acrobat Dc, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Adobe Acrobat Reader Dc.

How do I fix CVE-2024-49531?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-49531 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2024-49531 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-49531 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Adobe Acrobat vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-ph65-8qf2-63qx.

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