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CVE-2022-27802: Acrobat Reader DC versions 22.001.20085 (and earlier), 20.005.3031x (and earlier) and 17.012.30205 (and earlier) are affected by a use-after-free vulnerability in the processing of annotations that...
CVE-2022-27802 · published 4 years ago
Summary
Acrobat Reader DC versions 22.001.20085 (and earlier), 20.005.3031x (and earlier) and 17.012.30205 (and earlier) are affected by a use-after-free vulnerability in the processing of annotations that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issu...
What to do
The CVE record does not list a fixed version. Check the vendor's site or the advisory links below - a fix may already be released.
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| adobe | acrobat_dc |
>= 15.008.20082, <= 22.001.20085 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:* |
| adobe | acrobat_reader_dc |
>= 15.008.20082, <= 22.001.20085 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:* |
| adobe | acrobat |
>= 17.011.30059, <= 17.012.30205 >= 20.001.30005, <= 20.005.30314 >= 20.001.30005, <= 20.005.30311 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* |
| adobe | acrobat_reader |
>= 17.011.30059, <= 17.012.30205 >= 20.001.30005, <= 20.005.30314 >= 20.001.30005, <= 20.005.30311 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* |
Original advisory text
Acrobat Reader DC versions 22.001.20085 (and earlier), 20.005.3031x (and earlier) and 17.012.30205 (and earlier) are affected by a use-after-free vulnerability in the processing of annotations that...
Acrobat Reader DC versions 22.001.20085 (and earlier), 20.005.3031x (and earlier) and 17.012.30205 (and earlier) are affected by a use-after-free vulnerability in the processing of annotations that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
References
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb22-16.html Vendor Advisory
Internet-facing
14 days
Internal
At next upgrade
- Not known to be exploited
- Needs hands-on effort to exploit (estimated)
- Gives an attacker full control (estimated)
Type
CWE-416Use After Free
Timeline
Published11 May 2022
Updated31 Oct 2026
First seen29 Sep 2026
Sources
CVE-2022-27802 · NVD
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