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CVE-2022-28230

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

  • Published2022-05-11
  • WeaknessCWE-416

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Description

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 the acroform event 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.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2022-05-1118:15CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2026-10-2319:23EPSS crossed 10 %FIRST EPSS

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTC
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Versions per branch

NVD
Adobe acrobatversion to verify
BranchAffectedFixed in
17.x≥ 17.011.30059, ≤ 17.012.30205no fix published
20.x≥ 20.001.30005, ≤ 20.005.30314no fix published
20.x≥ 20.001.30005, ≤ 20.005.30311no fix published
Adobe acrobat readerversion to verify
BranchAffectedFixed in
17.x≥ 17.011.30059, ≤ 17.012.30205no fix published
20.x≥ 20.001.30005, ≤ 20.005.30314no fix published
20.x≥ 20.001.30005, ≤ 20.005.30311no fix published
Adobe acrobat dcversion to verify
BranchAffectedFixed in
22.1≥ 15.008.20082, ≤ 22.001.20085no fix published

1 more product in the sources.

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

  • CNACVSS 3.07.8read 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 2.09.3read 2026-10-23
  • CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-416read 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score12.5 %read 2026-10-23

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2022-05-11
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-28230?

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 the acroform event 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.

Is CVE-2022-28230 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2022-28230 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 12.5% on 2026-10-23, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-28230?

CVE-2022-28230 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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