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Adobe Acrobat Reader CVE-2026-82001

| EUVDEUVD-2026-74197 MEDIUM
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)
2026-09-08 psirt@adobe.com GHSA-xv4v-jrhv-3vpf
5.5
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: adobe
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Vendor (adobe) PRIMARY
5.5 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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5.5 MEDIUM

Local file-open trigger (AV:L), no attacker privileges needed (PR:N), mandatory victim interaction (UI:R), and availability-only impact with no confidentiality or integrity loss.

3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.0 AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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CVSS VectorVendor: adobe

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Analysis Generated
Sep 09, 2026 - 01:55 vuln.today
CVE Published
Sep 08, 2026 - 21:18 nvd
MEDIUM 5.5

DescriptionCVE.org

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.

AnalysisAI

Uncontrolled resource consumption in Adobe Acrobat Reader and Acrobat 2024 enables application-level denial of service when a victim opens a specially crafted document. Affecting Acrobat Reader up to version 26.002.21900 and Acrobat 2024 up to 24.001.30383, the flaw (CWE-400) allows a malicious file to exhaust system resources and crash or freeze the application. …

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Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation Exploitation requires the victim to actively open a maliciously crafted file in a vulnerable version of Adobe Acrobat Reader or Acrobat 2024, as confirmed by the CVSS UI:R metric. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment CVSS 5.5 (Medium) with vector AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H reflects an accurate and conservative rating for this vulnerability. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario Full exploit scenario with step-by-step reproduction available after sign-in.
Remediation Apply the patches released by Adobe under advisory APSB26-141 (https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb26-141.html). … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

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