High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 27, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-4888
CVE-2018-4888
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.
Affected products
7cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=17.0,<=17.011.30070
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:*range: >=-,<=18.009.20050
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*range: >=15.0,<=15.006.30394
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=17.0,<=17.011.30070
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:*range: >=-,<=18.009.20050
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*range: >=15.0,<=15.006.30394
- (no CPE)range: <= 2018.009.20050, <= 2017.011.30070, <= 2015.006.30394
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- www.securityfocus.com/bid/102995nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1040364nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb18-02.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
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