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CVE-2018-4888 Details

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. This vulnerability is an instance of a use after free vulnerability. The vulnerability is triggered by a crafted PDF file that can cause a memory access violation exception in the XFA engine because of a dangling reference left as a consequence of freeing an object in the computation that manipulates internal nodes in a graph representation of a document object model used in XFA. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:8.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb18-02.html CVEVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102995 CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040364 CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb18-02.html [email protected]Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102995 [email protected]Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

see all 6 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-416Use After Free[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
adobe acrobat
>= 17.0, <= 17.011.30070

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
adobe acrobat dc
>= -, <= 18.009.20050
>= 15.0, <= 15.006.30394

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
adobe acrobat reader
>= 17.0, <= 17.011.30070

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
adobe acrobat reader dc
>= -, <= 18.009.20050
>= 15.0, <= 15.006.30394

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-4888
NVD Published Date:
Feb 27, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2018-4888 Details - Not Deferred