VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2022-28261

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability2.63%
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:N/A:N

Description

Acrobat Reader DC version 22.001.2011x (and earlier), 20.005.3033x (and earlier) and 17.012.3022x (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability when parsing a crafted file, which could result in a read past the end of an allocated memory structure. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read

Primary references