CVE-2022-27796CWE-416

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC AcroForm isBoxChecked Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

High · published May 11, 2022

CVSS v3.0
7.8
EPSS
13%
Percentile
96.2
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) are affected by a use-after-free vulnerability in the processing of the acroform event that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious 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
0.12510 · 96.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-416 · Use After Free
Published
2022-05-11T17:19Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 MAY 17:19Z
    Adobe Acrobat Reader DC AcroForm isBoxChecked Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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