PT-2022-18927 · Adobe · Acrobat Reader

Published 2022-04-12 · Updated 2022-05-20 · CVE-2022-28263

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 an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that occurs when parsing a crafted file, potentially allowing a read past the end of an allocated memory structure. This could be leveraged by an attacker to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation requires user interaction, specifically opening a malicious file.

Recommendations For versions 22.001.2011x and earlier, update to a version that fixes this issue. For versions 20.005.3033x and earlier, update to a version that fixes this issue. For versions 17.012.3022x and earlier, update to a version that fixes this issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of crafted files that could trigger this vulnerability until a patch is available.

Fix

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-28263

ZDI-22-655

Affected Products

Acrobat Reader

References · 6

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-655 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-28263 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28263 · Security Note
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb22-16.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-28263 · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/42431 · Telegram Post