CVE-2022-34224
Published: 11 September 2023
Summary
CVE-2022-34224 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 8.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 22.001.20142 and earlier, 20.005.30334 and earlier, and 17.012.30229 and earlier contain a Use After Free vulnerability tracked as CWE-416. The flaw carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.8 and can lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user when triggered.
An attacker can exploit the issue by supplying a malicious PDF file that the victim must open. Successful exploitation requires no privileges on the target system and occurs locally with low attack complexity, resulting in full control over confidentiality, integrity, and availability within the reader's process.
The referenced Adobe security advisory at https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb22-32.html addresses the vulnerability and supplies the corresponding patched versions for each affected release line.
The associated EPSS score has remained near 0.07 with only a negligible peak of 0.0741, indicating no material post-disclosure rise in observed exploitation interest.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-37193
Vulnerability details
Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 22.001.20142 (and earlier), 20.005.30334 (and earlier) and 17.012.30229 (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…
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requires user interaction in that a 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.