CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-82001

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.16%

5th percentile - higher than 5% of all known CVEs

Summary

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 requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Risk Assessment

The risk includes potential disruption of Acrobat Reader, which could impact user productivity and business processes relying on the software.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Acrobat Reader to the latest version with security patches and to exercise caution when opening files from untrusted sources.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS