Use After Free in Adobe Acrobat

CVE-2022-34223

Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 22.001.20142 (and earlier), 20.005.30334 (and earlier) and 17.012.30229 (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:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.036 (89.2th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 89.2% 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-2022-34223: held from 0.035 to 0.036.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.035 · newest: 0.036 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-34223?
CVE-2022-34223 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-07-15.
How severe is CVE-2022-34223?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.