Acrobat Reader | Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)

published 2024-12-18 22 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-47458

cvss: 5.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 19%
public exploits: 0; none known

Acrobat Reader DC version 22.001.20085 (and earlier), 20.005.3031x (and earlier) and 17.012.30205 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability when parsing a crafted file, which could result in a read past the end of an allocated memory structure. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Patch / fix

fixed in 4

adobe acrobat 17.012.30227, 17.012.30229, 20.005.30331, 20.005.30334
adobe acrobat_dc 22.001.20112, 22.001.20117
adobe acrobat_reader 17.012.30227, 17.012.30229, 20.005.30331, 20.005.30334
adobe acrobat_reader_dc 22.001.20112, 22.001.20117

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 22 mo ago (2024-12-19)

Exploit prediction

0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Adobe Acrobat Reader

Classification

Weakness

CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

References

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

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-44515
NVD CVE-2022-44515

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Summary