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Acrobat DcApplication · Adobe

CVE-2019-8045

CRITICAL · 9.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2019-08-20
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 15.006.30499 / 17.011.30144 or later.
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100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click Patch available

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 · unedited
Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2017.011.30142 and earlier, 2017.011.30143 and earlier, 2015.006.30497 and earlier, and 2015.006.30498 and earlier have an untrusted pointer dereference 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
How this class of weakness works · CWE-119

The program reads or writes outside the bounds of an allocated buffer, corrupting adjacent memory. With crafted input an attacker can overwrite control data and, with effort, redirect execution to their own code. Remediation ranges from bounds checking and safe library functions to compiler mitigations, usually alongside a careful audit of the surrounding code.

General guidance for the memory buffer bounds error class — the official description and references above are authoritative for this specific CVE. Want a bespoke review and a reviewed fix? Ask our team →

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
Acrobat DcApplication
Affected:>= 15.006.30060, < 15.006.30499>= 15.008.20082, < 19.012.20036>= 17.011.30059, < 17.011.30144
Acrobat Reader DcApplication
Affected:>= 15.006.30060, < 15.006.30499>= 15.008.20082, < 19.012.20036>= 17.011.30059, < 17.011.30144

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

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 · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 15.006.30499 / 17.011.30144 / 19.012.20036 or later
Fixed in 15.006.3049917.011.3014419.012.20036
Vendor patch helpx.adobe.com →
Recommended fix High confidence

Adobe Acrobat/Reader DC 2019.012.20036 (or later), 2017.011.30144 (or later), or 2015.006.30497 (or later)

  1. Navigate to https://get.adobe.com/reader/ or https://get.adobe.com/acrobat/ for Adobe Acrobat or Reader
  2. Locate the latest version of the software (2019.012.20036 or later for the 2019 track, 2017.011.30144 or later for the 2017 track, and 2015.006.30497 or later for the 2015 track)
  3. Download the installer for your platform (Windows or macOS)
  4. Run the installer and complete the installation wizard
  5. Restart the application if prompted
  6. Verify the installed version by going to Help > About Adobe Acrobat/Reader to confirm you have a fixed version
Caveat Standard Adobe security updates typically do not introduce breaking changes; minor version differences in the 2015 and 2017 tracks may have reduced support lifecycles

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

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