CVE-2022-28255
Adobe Acrobat Reader Continuous vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC was found to contain a vulnerability identified as CVE-2022-28255. The vulnerability was disclosed on May 11, 2022, affecting various versions of Adobe Acrobat and Reader. This security issue was classified as a Use-After-Free vulnerability that could potentially be exploited to bypass security mitigations such as ASLR (Address Space Layout Randomization) (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v2.0 score of 4.3 (MEDIUM). The exploitation of this vulnerability requires user interaction, indicating that an attacker would need some form of user engagement to successfully exploit the weakness (NVD).

Impact

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to bypass security mitigations such as ASLR (Address Space Layout Randomization), potentially compromising the security of the affected system (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Adobe has addressed this vulnerability through a security update released for Adobe Acrobat and Reader. Users are advised to update to the latest version of the software to mitigate this security risk (Adobe Security).

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