CVE-2018-12814 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) and an EPSS score indicating higher exploitability than 95% of all CVEs, the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, the high FAUCET Risk Score of 94/100 and limited community discussion suggest a potential for future exploitation.
| 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.