An issue was discovered in Adobe Acrobat Reader 2018.009.20050 and earlier versions, 2017.011.30070 and earlier versions, 2015.006.30394 an…

Published 8 y ago 2018-02-27 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

8.8

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

12.2%

percentile 96%

Public exploits

none known

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 use after free vulnerability in the rendering engine. The vulnerability is triggered by a crafted PDF file containing a video annotation (and corresponding media files) that is activated by the embedded JavaScript. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

12.24% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	8.8	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	2.0	6.8	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`

Affected products

n/a Adobe Acrobat Reader 2018.009.20050 and earlier versions, 2017.011.30070 and earlier versions, 2015.006.30394 and earlier versions

Classification

Weakness

CWE-416 Use After Free

References

securityfocus.com /bid/102995 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
helpx.adobe.com /security/products/acrobat/apsb18-02.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
securitytracker.com /id/1040364 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2018-4902
NVD: CVE-2018-4902

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