CVE-2022-28838: Adobe Acrobat

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 2.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Acrobat Acrobat Pro DC version 22.001.2011x (and earlier), 20.005.3033x (and earlier) and 17.012.3022x (and earlier) are affected by a use-after-free 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.

Affected products

• Adobe Acrobat: from 17.011.30059, up to and including 17.012.30205; from 20.001.30005, up to and including 20.005.30314; from 20.001.30005, up to and including 20.005.30311
• Adobe Acrobat DC: from 15.008.20082, up to and including 22.001.20085
• Adobe Acrobat Reader: from 17.011.30059, up to and including 17.012.30205; from 20.001.30005, up to and including 20.005.30314; from 20.001.30005, up to and including 20.005.30311
• Adobe Acrobat Reader DC: from 15.008.20082, up to and including 22.001.20085

Published 2022-05-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.