CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-5030

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Jul 20, 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 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.

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)15.006.30418 (including)
Acrobat_dcAdobe15.008.20082 (including)18.011.20040 (including)
Acrobat_dcAdobe17.011.30059 (including)17.011.30080 (including)
Acrobat_reader_dcAdobe15.006.30060 (including)15.006.30418 (including)
Acrobat_reader_dcAdobe15.008.20082 (including)18.011.20040 (including)
Acrobat_reader_dcAdobe17.011.30059 (including)17.011.30080 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References