{"id":"CVE-2018-15931","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-15931","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T22:13:10.903Z","title":"Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.011.20063 and earlier, 2017.011.30102 and earlier, and 2015.006.30452 and earlier have an untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability.","description":"Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.011.20063 and earlier, 2017.011.30102 and earlier, and 2015.006.30452 and earlier have an untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.","published":"2018-10-12T18:29:16.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:43:21.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@adobe.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-476"],"affected":["adobe/acrobat dc","adobe/acrobat reader dc"],"epss":{"score":0.27821,"percentile":0.98085,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.40378,"percentile":0.98622},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.27821,"percentile":0.98007}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 27.8%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.40378,"from":0.27821,"percentile":0.98622},"summary":"EPSS moved from 27.8% to 40.4% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105442","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041809","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb18-30.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"https://research.checkpoint.com/2018/50-adobe-cves-in-50-days/","source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105442","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041809","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb18-30.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://research.checkpoint.com/2018/50-adobe-cves-in-50-days/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15931","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}