CVE-2022-27791CWE-121

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Font Parsing Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

High · published May 11, 2022

CVSS v3.0
7.8
EPSS
18%
Percentile
97.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Acrobat Reader DC versions 22.001.20085 (and earlier), 20.005.3031x (and earlier) and 17.012.30205 (and earlier) is affected by a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability due to insecure processing of a font, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation requires user interaction in that a victim must open a crafted .pdf file

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.0
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.17808 · 97.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-121 · Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Published
2022-05-11T17:15Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 MAY 17:15Z
    Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Font Parsing Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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