CVE-2022-38450 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC XFA Parsing Stack Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

2022-10-1400:00:00

CWE-121

adobe

www.cve.org

adobe acrobat reader

xfa parsing

stack overflow

remote code execution

vulnerability

arbitrary code execution

user interaction

malicious file

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

0.078 Low

EPSS

Percentile

94.2%

JSON

Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 22.002.20212 (and earlier) and 20.005.30381 (and earlier) are affected by a Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability 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.

CNA Affected

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        "version": "unspecified",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "22.002.20212",
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        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "unspecified",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "None",
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]