Acrobat Reader Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Causing DoS
CVE-2026-82001 Published on September 8, 2026
Acrobat Reader | Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)
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 Analysis
CVE-2026-82001 can be exploited with local system access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is a Resource Exhaustion Vulnerability?
The software 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.
CVE-2026-82001 has been classified to as a Resource Exhaustion vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-82001
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Affected Versions
Adobe Acrobat:- Before and including 26.002.21900 is affected.
- Version 26.002.21901 is unaffected.
- Before and including 26.002.21900 is affected.
- Version 26.002.21901 is unaffected.
- Before and including 24.001.30383 is affected.
- Version 24.001.30429 is unaffected.