Vulnerability · Published May 11, 2022 · Assigned by adobe

CVE-2022-28231Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Doc Object Out-Of-Bounds Read Information Disclosure Vulnerability

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity out-of-bounds read in Acrobat Reader from Adobe. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 3.6% (higher than 90% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.0)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)3.6%top 10.4% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Acrobat Reader DC versions 22.001.20085 (and earlier), 20.005.3031x (and earlier) and 17.012.30205 (and earlier) is affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability when processing a doc object, which could result in a read past the end of an allocated memory structure. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Adobe	Acrobat Reader	unspecified – through 22.001.20085unspecified – through 20.005.3031xunspecified – through 17.012.30205unspecified – through None

Weakness: CWE-125 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb22-16.html x_refsource_MISC