CVE-2022-44520 HIGH

CVE-2022-44520: Acrobat Reader | Use After Free (CWE-416)

Vendor Adobe
Product Acrobat Reader
Weakness CWE-416
Published December 18, 2024
Last update December 20, 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 22.001.20085 (and earlier), 20.005.3031x (and earlier) and 17.012.30205 (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

December 18, 2024 CVE published
December 20, 2024 Record updated