CVE-2022-28241 HIGH

CVE-2022-28241: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Doc Object Out-Of-Bounds Read Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Vendor Adobe
Product Acrobat Reader
Weakness CWE-125
Published May 11, 2022
Last update September 17, 2024

CVSS base score

7.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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 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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 11, 2022 CVE published
September 17, 2024 Record updated