CVE-2018-4879

published 2018-02-27

CVE-2018-4879: 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…

Priority P2 62 critical 9.8 CVSS 3.0

AV N AC L PR N UI N S U C H I H A H

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.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
adobe	acrobat	17.0 – 17.011.30070	—
adobe	acrobat_dc	- – 18.009.20050	—
adobe	acrobat_dc	15.0 – 15.006.30394	—
adobe	acrobat_reader	17.0 – 17.011.30070	—
adobe	acrobat_reader_dc	- – 18.009.20050	—
adobe	acrobat_reader_dc	15.0 – 15.006.30394	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 10.0 CRITICAL AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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