Advisory Details

July 13th, 2022

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC PDF Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Read Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-22-994
ZDI-CAN-17018

CVE ID CVE-2022-34226
CVSS SCORE 7.8, AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AFFECTED VENDORS Adobe
AFFECTED PRODUCTS Acrobat Reader DC
VULNERABILITY DETAILS

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.

The specific flaw exists within the parsing of PDF files. Crafted data in a PDF file can trigger a read past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS Adobe has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb22-32.html
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2022-06-03 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2022-07-13 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT Dennis Herrmann and Sebastian Feldmann
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