CVE-2018-4910 is a critical heap overflow vulnerability within the JavaScript engine of Adobe Acrobat and Reader, affecting multiple versions. Triggered by specially crafted PDF files, this flaw allows for code corruption, control-flow hijacking, or code reuse attacks. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), it requires user interaction (opening a malicious PDF) but has a low attack complexity and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, there is community discussion about its exploitability, though no public exploit code is readily available.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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