Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 17.012.30229/20.005.30334/22.001.20142 use after free
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 17.012.30229/20.005.30334/22.001.20142. The impacted element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to use after free. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2022-34232. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 17.012.30229/20.005.30334/22.001.20142 (Document Reader Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 22.001.20142 (and earlier), 20.005.30334 (and earlier) and 17.012.30229 (and earlier) are affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
The weakness was released 07/15/2022 as apsb22-32. The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-34232 since 06/21/2022. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 08/01/2022).
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
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Product
Type
Vendor
Name
Version
License
Website
- Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.8
VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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CNA Base Score: 5.5
CNA Vector (Adobe Systems Incorporated): 🔍
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Exploiting
Class: Use after freeCWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
06/21/2022 🔍07/15/2022 🔍
07/15/2022 🔍
08/01/2022 🔍
Sources
Vendor: adobe.comAdvisory: apsb22-32
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2022-34232 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-34232
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-203936
Entry
Created: 07/15/2022 21:59Updated: 08/01/2022 07:19
Changes: 07/15/2022 21:59 (40), 08/01/2022 07:19 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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