CVE-2022-28823 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Adobe Framemaker versions 2029u8 (and earlier) and 2020u4 (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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.1143.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Adobe

FrameMaker

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	≤ 2019u8
`unspecified`	affected	≤ 2020u4
`unspecified`	affected	≤ None

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:framemaker::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:framemaker::::::::

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Adobe Subscribe	Framemaker Subscribe
Microsoft Subscribe	Windows Subscribe

Tracking

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/framemaker/apsb22-27.html

History

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published: 2022-05-13T14:28:08.451Z

Updated: 2025-04-23T18:26:35.626Z

Reserved: 2022-04-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-28823

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T06:03:53.202Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-05-13T15:15:09.120

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:58:00.090

Link: CVE-2022-28823

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-416

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