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

42.8%

percentile 99%

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 heap overflow vulnerability. The vulnerability is triggered by crafted TIFF data within an XPS file, which causes an out of bounds memory access. An attacker can potentially leverage the vulnerability to corrupt sensitive data or execute arbitrary code.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

42.80% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% 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-787 Out-of-bounds Write

References

helpx.adobe.com /security/products/acrobat/apsb18-02.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /bid/102992 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
securitytracker.com /id/1040364 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
zerodayinitiative.com /advisories/ZDI-18-170/ · Third Party Advisory

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2018-4904
NVD: CVE-2018-4904

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