CVE-2022-28234

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Heap Overflow Could Lead to RCE

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: May 11, 2022
Updated: May 27, 2026
Reserved: Mar 30, 2022

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

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	adobe

Weaknesses

CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122)

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Acrobat ReaderAdobe	22.001.20085 and earlierAffected 20.005.3031x and earlierAffected 17.012.30205 and earlierAffected None and earlierAffected

References

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

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