CVE-2022-44516 MEDIUM

CVE-2022-44516: Acrobat Reader | Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)

Vendor Adobe
Product Acrobat Reader
Weakness CWE-125
Published December 18, 2024
Last update December 19, 2024

CVSS base score

5.5/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Acrobat Reader DC version 22.001.20085 (and earlier), 20.005.3031x (and earlier) and 17.012.30205 (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 bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

December 18, 2024 CVE published
December 19, 2024 Record updated

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