CVE-2022-38437

MEDIUM

Adobe Acrobat Reader <22.002.20212,20.005.30381 - Use After Free

Title source: llm

Description

Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 22.002.20212 (and earlier) and 20.005.30381 (and earlier) are affected by 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 in that a victim must open a malicious file.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Vendor Advisory

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb22-46.html

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0263

EPSS Percentile 83.6%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-416

Status published

Products (4)

adobe/acrobat 20.001.30005 - 20.005.30407

adobe/acrobat_dc 15.008.20082 - 22.003.20258

adobe/acrobat_reader 20.001.30005 - 20.005.30407

adobe/acrobat_reader_dc 15.008.20082 - 22.003.20258

Published Oct 14, 2022

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026