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CVE-2022-28271

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-28271 is a use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Photoshop versions 22.5.6 and earlier, and 23.2.2 and earlier, affecting both Windows and macOS platforms. This flaw could lead to arbitrary code execution if a user opens a specially crafted malicious PDF file. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), exploitation requires user interaction and local access, but successful attacks could result in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 22.5.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:photoshop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 23.0.0, <= 23.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:photoshop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 23.2.2CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:photoshop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0328 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

adobevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

helpx.adobe.com / security/products/photoshop/apsb22-20.html
Vendor Advisory