CVE-2018-4990

HIGH8.8

CISA KEV

Published 2018-07-09 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source psirt@adobe.com

Summary

CVE-2018-4990 is a high-severity (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat and Reader. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on June 8, 2022, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by June 22, 2022. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Adobe has 82 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 11 of them linked to ransomware.

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Description

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.011.20038 and earlier, 2017.011.30079 and earlier, and 2015.006.30417 and earlier have a Double Free vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.

CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-415CWE-415

CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability

Product: Adobe — Acrobat and Reader

Name: Adobe Acrobat and Reader Double Free Vulnerability

Date added: 2022-06-08 · Due: 2022-06-22

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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