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CVE-2019-8196

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-8196 is an untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability affecting multiple versions of Adobe Acrobat and Reader on Adobe, Apple, and Microsoft platforms. This critical flaw, with a CVSS score of 9.8, allows for arbitrary code execution with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB, and there are reports of it being exploited by state-sponsored actors. The vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security professionals.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 15.006.30060, < 15.006.30504CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*
>= 15.008.20082, < 19.021.20047CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:*
>= 17.011.30059, < 17.011.30150CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*
>= 15.006.30060, < 15.006.30504CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*
>= 15.008.20082, < 19.021.20047CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/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
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
22.89%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-47610 · Nov 11, 2019
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2289 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

adobepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/155225/Adobe-Acrobat-Reader-DC-For-Windows-Malformed-OTF-Font-Uninitialized-Pointer.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
helpx.adobe.com / security/products/acrobat/apsb19-49.html
PatchVendor Advisory