{"id":"CVE-2018-4916","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-4916","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:11:25.330Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2018-02-27T05:29:02.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:59:17.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@adobe.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-787"],"affected":["adobe/acrobat","adobe/acrobat dc","adobe/acrobat reader","adobe/acrobat reader dc"],"epss":{"score":0.15051,"percentile":0.96709,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.10852,"percentile":0.95717},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.15051,"percentile":0.9657}]},"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 15.1%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102994","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040364","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb18-02.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-209/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"nvd@nist.gov"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102994","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040364","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb18-02.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-4916","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."}