CVE-2018-16004 is an untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability affecting multiple versions of Adobe Acrobat and Reader on Adobe, Apple, and Microsoft platforms. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating that a successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction but with low attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage. The EPSS score is low, suggesting a minimal probability of exploitation in the wild.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 15.006.30060, <= 15.006.30457CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* | ||
>= 15.008.20082, <= 19.008.20081CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:* | ||
>= 17.011.30056, <= 17.011.30106CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* | ||
>= 15.006.30060, <= 15.006.30457CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* | ||
>= 15.008.20082, <= 19.008.20081CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub 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.