CVE-2018-12814
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedAdobe Digital Editions versions 4.5.8 and below have a heap overflow vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceHeap overflow vulnerability in Adobe Digital Editions 4.5.8 and below allows attackers to overflow heap memory boundaries, potentially overwriting adjacent memory structures and achieving arbitrary code execution.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 4.5.8CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Locate Adobe Digital Editions installationCheck common installation paths: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Digital Editions 4.0 on Windows, or /Applications/Adobe Digital Editions.app on Mac. The executable is named DigitalEditions.exe on Windows.Affected if Adobe Digital Editions is installed on the system
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Find installed version numberRight-click DigitalEditions.exe, select Properties, then look at the Details tab for Product Version. Alternatively, open Adobe Digital Editions and go to Help > About Adobe Digital Editions to see the version displayed.Affected if Version cannot be determined or application is not installed
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Compare version to affected rangeCompare the installed version to the affected range: 4.5.8 and below. The vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 4.5.8.Affected if Installed version is 4.5.8 or lower (for example, 4.5.7, 4.5.6, 4.5.5, etc.)
You are affected if Adobe Digital Editions is installed and the installed version is 4.5.8 or any earlier version.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scopedUpgrade Adobe Digital Editions to a version newer than 4.5.8 to address the vulnerability.
Adobe Digital Editions 4.5.9 or later
- 1. Close Adobe Digital Editions completely before updating
- 2. Navigate to the official Adobe Digital Editions download page at https://www.adobe.com/support/digital-editions/downloads.html
- 3. Download the latest version of Adobe Digital Editions
- 4. Run the installer and follow the on-screen prompts to complete the installation
- 5. Verify the installed version by opening Digital Editions and checking Help > About Adobe Digital Editions
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2018-12814 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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