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CVE-2018-12813

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FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.5.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:digital_editions:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
11.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1121 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

adobeworkaround availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

helpx.adobe.com / security/products/Digital-Editions/apsb18-27.html
MitigationVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/105536
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry