CVE-2018-12840 (GCVE-0-2018-12840)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-09-25 13:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 08:45
VLAI
Summary
Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.011.20058 and earlier, 2017.011.30099 and earlier, and 2015.006.30448 and earlier have an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to information disclosure.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2018-09-19 00:00
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