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CVE-2022-28233

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 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.

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-2022-28233?

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.

Is CVE-2022-28233 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2022-28233 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-2022-28233?

CVE-2022-28233 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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