VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2022-28234

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability5.29%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-05-11
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Acrobat Reader DC versions 22.001.20085 (and earlier), 20.005.3031x (and earlier) and 17.012.30205 (and earlier) is affected by a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability due to insecure handling of a crafted .pdf file, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation requires user interaction in that a victim must open a crafted .pdf file

Weakness classification

  • psirt@adobe.com: CWE-122
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-787

Primary references