CVE-2018-4978 is a critical heap overflow vulnerability affecting Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.011.20038 and earlier, 2017.011.30079 and earlier, and 2015.006.30417 and earlier, impacting systems running Adobe, Apple, and Microsoft products. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability allows for unauthenticated, low-complexity network exploitation, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vulnerability is critical, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 15.006.30417, < 15.006.30418CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* | ||
>= 17.011.30079, < 17.011.30080CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 18.011.20038, < 18.011.20040CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:* | ||
>= 15.006.30417, < 15.006.30418CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* | ||
>= 17.011.30079, < 17.011.30080CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.
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.