CVE-2018-12822 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability affecting Adobe Digital Editions versions 4.5.8 and below. This flaw allows for arbitrary code execution, posing a severe risk to affected systems. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been confirmed, the vulnerability has garnered some community and media attention.
| 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.