Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-44514

High

Published: 19 December 2024

Published
19 December 2024
Modified
06 February 2025
KEV Added
Patch
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 0.0034 56.7th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-44514 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Apple Macos. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 43.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Acrobat Reader DC version 22.001.20085 (and earlier), 20.005.3031x (and earlier) and 17.012.30205 (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…

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interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

adobe
acrobat dc
15.008.20082 — 22.001.20085
adobe
acrobat reader dc
15.008.20082 — 22.001.20085
adobe
acrobat
17.011.30059 — 17.012.30205 · 20.001.30005 — 20.005.30314 · 20.001.30005 — 20.005.30311
adobe
acrobat reader
17.011.30059 — 17.012.30205 · 20.001.30005 — 20.005.30314 · 20.001.30005 — 20.005.30311

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.

addresses: CWE-416

Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.

References