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FKIE_CVE-2018-4903

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-02-27 05:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:59

Severity

6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Summary

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 occurs as a result of computation that reads data that is past the end of the target buffer; the computation is part of the TIFF processing within the XPS module. A successful attack can lead to sensitive data exposure.

References

URL	Tags
psirt@adobe.com	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102996	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
psirt@adobe.com	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040364	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
psirt@adobe.com	https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb18-02.html	Vendor Advisory
nvd@nist.gov	https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-169/	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102996	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040364	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb18-02.html	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
adobe	acrobat	*
adobe	acrobat_dc	*
adobe	acrobat_dc	*
adobe	acrobat_reader	*
adobe	acrobat_reader_dc	*
adobe	acrobat_reader_dc	*

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CVE-2018-4903 (GCVE-0-2018-4903)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-02-27 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 05:18

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Out-of-bounds read

Assigner

adobe mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102996	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040364	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
n/a	Adobe Acrobat Reader 2018.009.20050 and earlier versions, 2017.011.30070 and earlier versions, 2015.006.30394 and earlier versions	Affected: Adobe Acrobat Reader 2018.009.20050 and earlier versions, 2017.011.30070 and earlier versions, 2015.006.30394 and earlier versions

Date Public

2018-02-26 00:00

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CVE-2018-4903 (GCVE-0-2018-4903)

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