Is CVE-2022-27791 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-27791 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-27791?

CVE-2022-27791 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-27791?

CVE-2022-27791 has an EPSS score of 17.80% (97th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2022-27791?

No published fix for CVE-2022-27791 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-27791

HIGHEPSS 97th pctl

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Acrobat Reader DC versions 22.001.20085 (and earlier), 20.005.3031x (and earlier) and 17.012.30205 (and earlier) is affected by a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability due to insecure processing of a font, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation requires user interaction in that a victim must open a crafted .pdf file

CWE-121Stack-based Buffer Overflow CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

17.80%probability of exploitation in 30 days

97thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 97% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

helpx.adobe.com

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CVE-2025-22457	Critical	9.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2025-0282	Critical	9.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2021-20038	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2009-0927	High	8.8	97%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-10924	High	8.8	87%	-	-
CVE-2022-20705	Critical	10.0	80%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.