CVE-2022-27794 — Access of Uninitialized Pointer in Adobe Acrobat Reader

CWE-824 — Access of Uninitialized Pointer4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.2%
top 21.12%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Adobe Acrobat ReaderAdobe AcrobatAdobe Acrobat DC+1 more
Timeline
PublishedMay 11
Latest updateMay 12

Description

Acrobat Reader DC versions 22.001.20085 (and earlier), 20.005.3031x (and earlier) and 17.012.30205 (and earlier) is affected by the use of a variable that has not been initialized when processing of embedded fonts, 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

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages5 packages

▶CVEListV5adobe/acrobat_readerunspecified — 22.001.20085+3
▶NVDadobe/acrobat_reader17.011.30059 — 17.012.30205+2
▶NVDadobe/acrobat_reader_dc15.008.20082 — 22.001.20085
▶NVDadobe/acrobat17.011.30059 — 17.012.30205+2
▶NVDadobe/acrobat_dc15.008.20082 — 22.001.20085

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-fvq4-pp8f-5mr7: Acrobat Reader DC versions 22↗2022-05-12
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CVEList
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Font Parsing Uninitialized Variable Remote Code Execution Vulnerability↗2022-05-11
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Zscaler
Zscaler found Adobe security vulnerabilities | 04-12-2022↗
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CVE-2022-27794 — Access of Uninitialized Pointer | cvebase