PT-2022-16463 · Adobe · Acrobat Reader

Published 2022-04-12 · Updated 2022-05-18 · CVE-2022-24101

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Acrobat Reader DC versions 20.001.20085 and earlier Acrobat Reader DC versions 20.005.3031x and earlier Acrobat Reader DC versions 17.012.30205 and earlier

Description A use-after-free vulnerability could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction, where a victim must open a malicious file.

Recommendations For versions 20.001.20085 and earlier, update to a version later than 20.001.20085 to resolve the issue. For versions 20.005.3031x and earlier, update to a version later than 20.005.3031x to resolve the issue. For versions 17.012.30205 and earlier, update to a version later than 17.012.30205 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of the affected Annotation feature in Acrobat Reader DC until a patch is available.

Fix

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-24101

ZDI-22-627

Affected Products

Acrobat Reader

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24101 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-627 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-24101 · Vendor Advisory
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb22-16.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-24101 · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/42414 · Telegram Post