Vulnerability · CVE-2018-4990
Adobe Acrobat and Reader Double Free Vulnerability
Published May 14, 2018 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Adobe Acrobat and Reader
Patch now
CVE-2018-4990 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jun 22, 2022. Confirm Adobe Acrobat and Reader against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Gaps on this record
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- Severity
- High8.8
- Known exploitation
- CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 36.23%
- Remediation
- Remediation guidance
- Affected products
- cpe adobe/acrobat dc · cpe adobe/acrobat reader dc · vendor Adobe Acrobat and Reader
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.
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- cpe adobe/acrobat dcversion unspecified
- cpe adobe/acrobat reader dcversion unspecified
- vendor Adobe Acrobat and Readerversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2018-4990
Recommended remediation
Apply updates per vendor instructions. CISA due date Jun 22, 2022.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2018-4990 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jun 22, 2022. Confirm Adobe Acrobat and Reader against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply updates per vendor instructions.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-415: Double Free. EPSS 36.23%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Jul 9, 2018 · Catalog
Detected
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.
Jun 8, 2022 · CISA KEV
Known exploited
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Jun 22, 2022 · CISA KEV
Remediation due
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog
Updated
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.
Sources
- CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2018-4990
Adobe Acrobat and Reader have a double free vulnerability that could lead to remote code execution.
cisa.gov - CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2018-4990
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2018-4990
30-day exploitation probability 36.2%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2018-4990
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.
nvd.nist.gov - VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2018-4990
Adobe Acrobat and Reader have a double free vulnerability that could lead to remote code execution.
vulncheck.com
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.