CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-4911

Use After Free

Published: Feb 27, 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

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 in the JavaScript API related to bookmark functionality. The vulnerability is triggered by crafted JavaScript code embedded within a PDF file. A successful attack can lead to code corruption, control-flow hijack, or a code re-use attack.

Weakness

The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory “belongs” to the code that operates on the new pointer.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Acrobat Adobe 17.0 (including) 17.011.30070 (including)
Acrobat_dc Adobe - (including) 18.009.20050 (including)
Acrobat_dc Adobe 15.0 (including) 15.006.30394 (including)
Acrobat_reader Adobe 17.0 (including) 17.011.30070 (including)
Acrobat_reader_dc Adobe - (including) 18.009.20050 (including)
Acrobat_reader_dc Adobe 15.0 (including) 15.006.30394 (including)

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