PT-2018-3761 · Adobe · Acrobat+1

Published 2018-05-14 · Updated 2025-11-19 · CVE-2018-4990

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CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Adobe Acrobat versions 2018.011.20038 and earlier Adobe Acrobat versions 2017.011.30079 and earlier Adobe Acrobat versions 2015.006.30417 and earlier Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 2018.011.20038 and earlier Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 2017.011.30079 and earlier Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 2015.006.30417 and earlier

Description The issue is related to a Double Free vulnerability, which could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability is associated with a double-free memory issue.

Recommendations For Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.011.20038 and earlier, update to a version later than 2018.011.20038 to resolve the issue. For Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2017.011.30079 and earlier, update to a version later than 2017.011.30079 to resolve the issue. For Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2015.006.30417 and earlier, update to a version later than 2015.006.30417 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the ImageConversion function related to JPEG2000 parsing until a patch is available. Restrict access to the vulnerable JPEG2000 parsing module to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Double Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-415

Related Identifiers

BDU:2021-05394

CVE-2018-4990

ZDI-18-1092

Affected Products

Acrobat

Acrobat Reader

References · 13

• 🔥 https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/microsoftsecure/2018/07/02/taking-apart-a-double-zero-day-sample-discovered-in-joint-hunt-with-eset · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-4990 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-1092 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-4990 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2021-05394 · Security Note
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb18-09.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cveNotify/140007 · Telegram Post
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1040920 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-4990 · Note
• https://cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog · Note
• https://cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-4990 · Note
• https://cisa.gov/sites/default/files/csv/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.csv · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/104167 · Note