CVE-2018-4888 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2018-4888 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 27/02/2018 | CVE Updated: 05/08/2024 | CVE Year: 2018
Source: adobe | Vendor: n/a | Product: Adobe Acrobat Reader 2018.009.20050 and earlier versions, 2017.011.30070 and earlier versions, 2015.006.30394 and earlier versions
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2018-4888 Description

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. The vulnerability is triggered by a crafted PDF file that can cause a memory access violation exception in the XFA engine because of a dangling reference left as a consequence of freeing an object in the computation that manipulates internal nodes in a graph representation of a document object model used in XFA. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

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CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: n/a
Vector: n/a

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Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

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CWE Name: Use After Free
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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).