CVE-2022-35665 HIGH

CVE-2022-35665: Adobe Acrobat Reader Use-After-Free Arbitrary Code Execution

Vendor Adobe
Product Acrobat Reader
Weakness CWE-416
Published August 11, 2022
Last update April 23, 2025

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

Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 22.001.20169 (and earlier), 20.005.30362 (and earlier) and 17.012.30249 (and earlier) are affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution 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

August 11, 2022 CVE published
April 23, 2025 Record updated