Vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat

CVE-2022-27794

Acrobat Reader DC versions 22.001.20085 (and earlier), 20.005.3031x (and earlier) and 17.012.30205 (and earlier) is affected by the use of a variable that has not been initialized when processing of embedded fonts, 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

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.143 (96.5th percentile), scored .

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2022-27794: held from 0.147 to 0.143.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.147 · newest: 0.143 · change: -0.004

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-27794?
CVE-2022-27794 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, classified under Access of Uninitialized Pointer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-05-11.
How severe is CVE-2022-27794?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-27794 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.