CVE-2018-12813 is a critical heap overflow vulnerability affecting Adobe Digital Editions versions 4.5.8 and below. This flaw allows for arbitrary code execution with a CVSS score of 9.8, indicating a severe impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability is network-exploitable with low attack complexity, requiring no user interaction or privileges. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness of its potential.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.5.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:digital_editions:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.