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CVE-2022-28835

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.8)—

Adobe InCopy versions 17.1 (and earlier) and 16.4.1 (and earlier) are affected by an 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.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Adobe — Incopy

CWEs

References

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