Vulnerability · Published May 11, 2022 · Assigned by adobe

CVE-2022-28256Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Annotation Use-After-Free Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity use-after-free 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 2.5% (higher than 85% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)2.5%top 15.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Acrobat Reader DC version 22.001.2011x (and earlier), 20.005.3033x (and earlier) and 17.012.3022x (and earlier) are affected by a use-after-free vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. 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.

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-416 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

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