CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-12799

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Aug 29, 2018 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.011.20055 and earlier, 2017.011.30096 and earlier, and 2015.006.30434 and earlier have an untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Weakness

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Acrobat_dcAdobe15.006.30060 (including)15.006.30434 (including)
Acrobat_dcAdobe15.008.20082 (including)18.011.20055 (including)
Acrobat_dcAdobe17.011.30059 (including)17.011.30096 (including)
Acrobat_reader_dcAdobe15.006.30060 (including)15.006.30434 (including)
Acrobat_reader_dcAdobe15.008.20082 (including)18.011.20055 (including)
Acrobat_reader_dcAdobe17.011.30059 (including)17.011.30096 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References