CVE-2018-4890 — Out-of-bounds Write in Adobe Acrobat

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write3 documents3 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.5%
top 18.55%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Adobe AcrobatAdobe Acrobat DCAdobe Acrobat Reader+1 more
Timeline
PublishedFeb 27
Latest updateMay 13

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. This vulnerability is an instance of a heap overflow vulnerability in the image conversion engine, when handling JPEG data embedded within an XPS file. A successful attack can lead to code corruption, control-flow hijack, or an information leak attack.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDadobe/acrobat_reader17.0 — 17.011.30070
▶NVDadobe/acrobat_reader_dc- — 18.009.20050+1
▶NVDadobe/acrobat17.0 — 17.011.30070
▶NVDadobe/acrobat_dc- — 18.009.20050+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-62pj-88f8-mrpj: An issue was discovered in Adobe Acrobat Reader 2018↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2018-4890: An issue was discovered in Adobe Acrobat Reader 2018↗2018-02-27
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