Out-of-bounds Read in Adobe Acrobat

CVE-2022-28246

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 bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.101 (95.5th percentile), scored .

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 95.5% 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-2022-28246: held from 0.104 to 0.101.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.104 · newest: 0.101 · change: -0.003

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-28246?
CVE-2022-28246 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-05-11.
How severe is CVE-2022-28246?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.