CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-4987

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Jul 09, 2018 | Modified: Aug 21, 2019
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
10 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.011.20038 and earlier, 2017.011.30079 and earlier, and 2015.006.30417 and earlier have an Untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Acrobat_dc Adobe 15.006.30060 (including) 15.006.30417 (including)
Acrobat_dc Adobe 15.008.20082 (including) 18.011.20038 (including)
Acrobat_dc Adobe 17.011.30059 (including) 17.011.30079 (including)
Acrobat_reader_dc Adobe 15.006.30060 (including) 15.006.30417 (including)
Acrobat_reader_dc Adobe 15.008.20082 (including) 18.011.20038 (including)
Acrobat_reader_dc Adobe 17.011.30059 (including) 17.011.30079 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References