Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Heap Overflow Could Lead to RCE

published 2022-05-11 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-32686

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 5.3%; EPSS 5.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits: 0; none known

Acrobat Reader DC versions 22.001.20085 (and earlier), 20.005.3031x (and earlier) and 17.012.30205 (and earlier) is affected by a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability due to insecure handling of a crafted .pdf file, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation requires user interaction in that a victim must open a crafted .pdf file

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-02-26)

Exploit prediction

5.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	9.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

Adobe Acrobat Reader

Classification

Weakness

CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

References

helpx.adobe.com /security/products/acrobat/apsb22-16.html
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-28234
NVD CVE-2022-28234

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Summary