CVE-2022-28261

Acrobat Reader DC version 22.001.2011x (and earlier), 20.005.3033x (and earlier) and 17.012.3022x (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability when parsing a crafted file, which could result in a read past the end of an allocated memory structure. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Score

CVSS 3.1 5.5 Medium

Status

Modified - psirt@adobe.com

Published

2022-05-11

Last modified

2026-05-27

Weaknesses

CWE-125

Affected products

• Acrobat (Adobe)
• Acrobat Dc (Adobe)
• Acrobat Reader (Adobe)
• Acrobat Reader Dc (Adobe)

References

• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb22-16.html