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CVE-2018-4879

47
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-4879 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.009.20050 and earlier, 2017.011.30070 and earlier, and 2015.006.30394 and earlier. This flaw, stemming from the image conversion module's handling of EMF+ data, allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely execute arbitrary code or corrupt sensitive data without user interaction. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 17.0, <= 17.011.30070CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= -, <= 18.009.20050CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:*
>= 15.0, <= 15.006.30394CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*
>= 17.0, <= 17.011.30070CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= -, <= 18.009.20050CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:*

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
29.12%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2912 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 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)

adobevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

helpx.adobe.com / security/products/acrobat/apsb18-02.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/102994
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1040364
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry