CVE-2018-4879Out-of-bounds Write in Adobe Acrobat

Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
30.3%
top 3.31%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedFeb 27
Latest updateMay 14

Description

An issue was discovered in Adobe Acrobat Reader 2018.009.20050 and earlier versions, 2017.011.30070 and earlier versions, 2015.006.30394 and earlier versions. The vulnerability is caused by the computation that writes data past the end of the intended buffer; the computation is part of the image conversion module that processes Enhanced Metafile Format Plus (EMF+) data. An attacker can potentially leverage the vulnerability to corrupt sensitive data or execute arbitrary code.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

NVDadobe/acrobat_reader17.017.011.30070
NVDadobe/acrobat_reader_dc-18.009.20050+1
NVDadobe/acrobat17.017.011.30070
NVDadobe/acrobat_dc-18.009.20050+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-jgfh-mmm7-5fqq: An issue was discovered in Adobe Acrobat Reader 20182022-05-14
CVEList
CVE-2018-4879: An issue was discovered in Adobe Acrobat Reader 20182018-02-27

🕵️Threat Intelligence

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