{"id":"CVE-2018-5012","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-5012","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T01:47:08.323Z","title":"Adobe Acrobat and Reader 2018.011.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30080 and earlier, and 2015.006.30418 and earlier versions have an Untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability.","description":"Adobe Acrobat and Reader 2018.011.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30080 and earlier, and 2015.006.30418 and earlier versions have an Untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.","published":"2018-07-20T19:29:03.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:59:28.000Z","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-476"],"affected":["adobe/acrobat dc","adobe/acrobat reader dc"],"epss":{"score":0.09122,"percentile":0.95284,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.06935,"percentile":0.93885},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.09237,"percentile":0.95119}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (9.12%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104701","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041250","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb18-21.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104701","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041250","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb18-21.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5012","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."}