CVE-2022-27790

moderate-risk
Published 2022-05-11

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 fonts 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.

Do I need to act?

~
5.0% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (4)

Affected Vendors

Adobe

References (2)

Vendor Advisory https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb22-16.html
Vendor Advisory https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb22-16.html
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 8/34 · Low
Exposure 10/34 · Low