Use After Free in Adobe Photoshop

CVE-2022-28279

Adobe Photoshop versions 22.5.6 (and earlier)and 23.2.2 (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.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.030 (87.0th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 87.0% 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-2022-28279: held from 0.028 to 0.030.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.028 · newest: 0.030 · change: +0.002

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-28279?
CVE-2022-28279 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Photoshop, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-05-06.
How severe is CVE-2022-28279?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.