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CVE-2018-4916

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 15.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-02-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

An issue was discovered in Adobe Acrobat Reader 2018.009.20050 and earlier versions, 2017.011.30070 and earlier versions, 2015.006.30394 and earlier versions. The vulnerability is caused by the computation that writes data past the end of the intended buffer; the computation is part of the image conversion module that handless TIFF data. An attacker can potentially leverage the vulnerability to corrupt sensitive data or execute arbitrary code.

Affected products

• Adobe Acrobat for Edge: from 17.0 through 17.011.30070
• Adobe Acrobat DC: from - through 18.009.20050; from 15.0 through 15.006.30394
• Adobe Acrobat Reader: from 17.0 through 17.011.30070
• Adobe Acrobat Reader: from - through 18.009.20050; from 15.0 through 15.006.30394

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102994
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040364
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb18-02.html
• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-209/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102994
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040364
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb18-02.html

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