PT-2022-18913 · Adobe · Acrobat Reader

Published 2022-04-12 · Updated 2022-05-20 · CVE-2022-28250

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Acrobat Reader DC versions 22.001.2011x and earlier Acrobat Reader DC versions 20.005.3033x and earlier Acrobat Reader DC versions 17.012.3022x and earlier

Description The issue is a use-after-free vulnerability that 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. This allows attackers to memory leak.

Recommendations For versions 22.001.2011x and earlier, update to a version that fixes the use-after-free vulnerability. For versions 20.005.3033x and earlier, update to a version that fixes the use-after-free vulnerability. For versions 17.012.3022x and earlier, update to a version that fixes the use-after-free vulnerability. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the opening of files from untrusted sources to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-28250

ZDI-22-667

Affected Products

Acrobat Reader

References · 5

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-667 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28250 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-28250 · Vendor Advisory
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb22-16.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-28250 · Note