CVE-2018-4901
The vulnerability is caused by the computation that writes data past the end of the intended buffer; the computation is part of the document identity representation.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 16.2%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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 document identity representation. An attacker can potentially leverage the vulnerability to corrupt sensitive data or execute arbitrary code.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 16.19% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- adobe/acrobat · adobe/acrobat dc · adobe/acrobat reader · adobe/acrobat reader dc
- Source
- psirt@adobe.com
EPSS moved from 11.6% on 21 September 2026 to 16.2% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102994Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040364Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb18-02.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102994Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040364Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb18-02.htmlVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.