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CVE-2018-4990

8.8, high Known exploited

Adobe Acrobat and Reader Double Free Vulnerability

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CVSS
8.8, high high CVSS v3.1
EPSS, next 30 days
36% higher than 98.4% of scored CVEs
Exploitation
Confirmed in the wild
Published
9 Jul 20188 years ago

Known exploited

CISA added this to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog on 8 Jun 2022. US federal agencies had to remediate by 22 Jun 2022, a deadline that has passed.

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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.

Details

Vendor
Adobe and 2 more
Product
Adobe Acrobat and Reader 2018.011.20038 and earlier, 2017.011.30079 and earlier, and 2015.006.30417 and earlier versions
Weakness
CWE-415 (opens in a new tab)
Status
Analyzed
Updated
17 Jun 2026
Assigner
psirt@adobe.com

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

References 4

Advisories 4

The kind is read from NVD's tags where present and from the shape of the URL otherwise, so treat it as a hint.

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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 16 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.