CVE-2022-30655
Published: 16 June 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-30655 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Adobe Incopy. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 6.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
Adobe InCopy versions 17.2 and earlier as well as 16.4.1 and earlier contain a use-after-free flaw tracked as CVE-2022-30655. The vulnerability is assigned CWE-416 and carries a CVSS 3.0 base score of 7.8, reflecting local attack vector, low attack complexity, and no required privileges.
An attacker can trigger the flaw by supplying a malicious file that a victim must open; successful exploitation grants arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. No other interaction or elevated permissions are needed beyond the file-open action.
The official Adobe advisory at helpx.adobe.com/security/products/incopy/apsb22-29.html describes the affected releases and supplies remediation guidance, including updated builds that address the use-after-free condition. The associated EPSS scores have remained essentially flat near 0.11 with no material post-disclosure climb.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-52486
Vulnerability details
Adobe InCopy versions 17.2 (and earlier) and 16.4.1 (and earlier) are affected by a Use-After-Free vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a…
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victim must open a malicious file.
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Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.