Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-34228

High

Published: 15 July 2022

Published
15 July 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0042 62.2th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-34228 is a high-severity Access of Uninitialized Pointer (CWE-824) vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 37.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

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 an Access of Uninitialized Pointer vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this…

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issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

CWE(s)
CWE-824

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

adobe
acrobat dc
15.008.20082 — 22.001.20142
adobe
acrobat reader dc
15.008.20082 — 22.001.20142
adobe
acrobat
20.001.30005 — 20.005.30334 · 20.001.30005 — 20.005.30331 · 17.011.30059 — 17.012.30229
adobe
acrobat reader
20.001.30005 — 20.005.30334 · 20.001.30005 — 20.005.30331 · 17.011.30059 — 17.012.30229

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References