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. The vulnerability is caused by the computation that writes data past the end of the intended buffer; the computation is part of the image conversion module that processes Enhanced Metafile Format Plus (EMF+) data. An attacker can potentially leverage the vulnerability to corrupt sensitive data or execute arbitrary code.
References
Link Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102994 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040364 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb18-02.html Vendor Advisory
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published: 2018-02-27T05:00:00

Updated: 2018-02-27T10:57:01

Reserved: 2018-01-03T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2018-4879

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2018-02-27T05:29:00.390

Modified: 2018-03-16T15:31:55.597


Link: CVE-2018-4879

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