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CVE-2018-12823

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-12823 is a critical heap overflow vulnerability affecting Adobe Digital Editions versions 4.5.8 and below. This flaw allows for arbitrary code execution, posing a significant risk to affected systems. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it can be exploited remotely without user interaction. While there is no public exploit code or evidence of active exploitation, the vulnerability has garnered considerable community discussion, indicating potential interest.

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
8.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0830 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 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

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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