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CVE-2018-4891

INDEX BUILT · 2026-09-20

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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

CVE-2018-48914 of 4 sources documented this
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rank 26 = 3 + 16 + 1 + 6 + 0

rank@v1 · scheduled

Someone is already using it

CISA KEV catalog · public proof-of-concept · FIRST EPSS

EPSS 0.10792  ·  without this subject the record ranks 23

What it costs you if it fires

NVD CVSS base score, then the CNA's own

CVSS 6.5, from NVD  ·  without this subject the record ranks 10

It is getting worse, not staying still

FIRST EPSS series, rescorings and bad loads removed

rose on 2026-05-17  ·  without this subject the record ranks 25

How much of the world it touches

NVD CPE configurations

6 products in the CPE ranges  ·  without this subject the record ranks 20

Someone else already set the date

CISA KEV remediation due date

no CISA due date  ·  without this subject the record ranks 26

Unaudited dollar value2 of 3 inputs carry a receipt
Exposure$330,000over the next 30 days, if this record is yours
Movement+$133,000on 2026-09-06, the last material move
Basisassumeda published average, not your estate

$330,000 = $4.99M incident cost x 0.6121449559255632 exposure x 0.10792 likelihood

udv@v1 · unaudited · wrong for you until you say what you run

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Hindsight · the state

0.10792EPSSNOT IN KEVas of 2026-09-20
Severity6.5 MEDIUMreceipt
Harmpartial impactreceipt
Exploitationnone in held sources
Defenseno fix version held
Movementthreshold crossedreceipt
PLATEAU10Minimal movement since 2021-04-14, 1971 days at 0.11, as of 2026-09-06. arc-rules@v1

Foresight · where to check next

Apple macOSApple SafariCVE-2014-0160Microsoft WindowsCVE-2016-1646Google Chrome4891

This record is one instance of CWE-125, out-of-bounds read. The index holds 9767 prior instances of this class, 19 KEV-listed. The nearest of its KEV-listed records are drawn beside this. taxonomy@v1

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Color is a claim, not decoration:the hostile worldthe defenseno signalspoke length is how much of the record matches, not how bad it is

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Reachnetwork-reachable · no privileges required · user interaction required · low attack complexityreceipt
ImpactComplete confidentiality lossreceipt
Scored fromCVSS v3.0 · NVD's vectorreceipt
Weakness classCWE-125 Out-of-bounds Readreceipt
Published consequencesCWE-125: Confidentiality: Read Memory; Confidentiality: Bypass Protection Mechanism; Availability: DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart; Other: Varies by Context[email protected]

CISA KEV & Federal Remediation Deadline from the record and CISA

The fix, and how long it's been waiting.

Fixed inNo fix version in held sources, as the index stood on 6 Sep 2026.
Patch available sinceNo dated patch-availability record in held sources. The index holds reference URLs without dates and only the current revision of the CVE record, so the day a fix first existed cannot be derived. Only the versions it landed in.

Exploit Status & Known PoCs a ladder, not a score

Current rung: Nothing observed in held sources.

  • RUNG 1Nothing observed in held sources
  • RUNG 2Proof-of-concept published
  • RUNG 3Exploited in the wild · CISA KEV listed
  • RUNG 4Ransomware campaign use known

Authority who says so

CVSS, NVD6.5 MEDIUMreceipt
Exploit probability0.10792 · top 4% of all CVEsreceipt
Blast breadth4 products across 1 vendorderived
Assigned byadobereceipt
Recorded changes26 · last 19 Sep 2026derived

Affected & Fixed Versions as published

Affected productAdobe Acrobat Reader 2018.009.20050 and earlier versions, 2017.011.30070 and earlier versions, 2015.006.30394 and earlier versionsreceipt
Published rangesadobe acrobat >= 17.0 <= 17.011.30070; adobe acrobat dc >= - <= 18.009.20050; adobe acrobat dc >= 15.0 <= 15.006.30394; adobe acrobat reader >= 17.0 <= 17.011.30070receipt
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adobe acrobat >= 17.0 <= 17.011.30070
adobe acrobat dc >= - <= 18.009.20050
adobe acrobat dc >= 15.0 <= 15.006.30394
adobe acrobat reader >= 17.0 <= 17.011.30070
adobe acrobat reader dc >= - <= 18.009.20050
adobe acrobat reader dc >= 15.0 <= 15.006.30394

A rung lights from a row in the index, never from an assessment. "Held sources" is the true scope of the claim: this index reads the CVE record, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST's EPSS and public proof-of-concept repositories, and it does not observe attacks.

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What it is stated by the CNA

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 XPS module that handles TIFF data. A successful attack can lead to sensitive data exposure. receipt

NVD's analysis a second authority

severity
6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
weakness
CWE-125
affected versions
adobe acrobat >= 17.0 <= 17.011.30070; adobe acrobat dc >= - <= 18.009.20050; adobe acrobat dc >= 15.0 <= 15.006.30394; and 3 more, listed in full below

check it yourself securityfocus.com helpx.adobe.com securitytracker.com receipt

Dated events

2025-11-18EPSS moved 0.02 to 0.092026-09-06EPSS moved 0.06 to 0.11

Movement the material steps

14 Apr 20210.05386
7 Mar 20230.03558 · scoring model v2023.03.01
17 Mar 20250.01979 · scoring model v2025.03.14
15 Jun 20260.12951 · crossed 0.10 · scoring model v2026.06.15
23 Aug 20260.0644 · crossed 0.10
30 Aug 20260.10792 · crossed 0.10
5 Sep 20260.0644 · crossed 0.10
6 Sep 20260.10792 · crossed 0.10
Show all 26 observations
14 Apr 20210.05386
4 Feb 20220.01126
7 Mar 20230.03558
28 Mar 20230.03640
16 Apr 20230.03063
8 Jun 20230.02832
21 Jul 20230.02319
11 Aug 20230.02726
17 Oct 20230.02634
13 Dec 20230.02098
17 Dec 20240.03906
17 Mar 20250.01979
29 Mar 20250.04342
30 Mar 20250.01979
13 Sep 20250.0188
18 Nov 20250.0926
21 Nov 20250.0188
17 Mar 20260.01869
17 May 20260.07498
15 Jun 20260.12951
6 Jul 20260.10992
8 Aug 20260.10792
23 Aug 20260.0644
30 Aug 20260.10792
5 Sep 20260.0644
6 Sep 20260.10792

26 observations held. A highlighted step crossed a promotion threshold. A step marked with a scoring model moved because the instrument was replaced, not because the vulnerability changed. receipt

The full biography

EPSS 0.10792Published2018-02-27Index as of2026-09-06

The record had been public for 8 years, 6 months when this index was last written.

Published 2018-02-27 receipt · Index as of 2026-09-06 derived

The pattern, elsewhere

This record is one instance of CWE-125, out-of-bounds read. The index holds 9767 prior instances of this class, 19 KEV-listed. The nearest of its KEV-listed records are drawn beside this. [email protected]

CVE-2023-28204 · Apple macOSmatches 8 of 9KEV listed · 2023receipt
CVE-2023-42916 · Apple Safarimatches 8 of 9KEV listed · 2023receipt
CVE-2014-0160matches 7 of 8KEV listed · 2014receipt
CVE-2025-24991 · Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507matches 7 of 9KEV listed · 2025receipt
CVE-2016-1646matches 6 of 8KEV listed · 2016receipt
CVE-2026-11645 · Google Chromematches 6 of 9KEV listed · 2026receipt

"Matches n of m" counts the attributes the two records can both be compared on: the CVSS metrics they share a version of, any weakness class beyond this one, and the vendor. fit-rules@v1

9767 records in this class held. The six above are drawn from the ones CISA has listed as exploited, ranked by how much of the record matches this one. That is why every one of them is KEV-listed: the pool is, so the colour on those spokes says nothing the pool has not already said.

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Announced with 38 others

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