CVE-2019-8195

CRITICAL

Adobe Acrobat and Reader DC < 15.006.30504, 15.008.20082-19.021.20047 - Untrusted Pointer Dereference

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2019-8195. PoCs published by Google Security Research.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates an access violation in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC due to an uninitialized pointer dereference when opening a malformed PDF. The crash occurs in the `CTJPEGTiledContentWriter::operator=` function, triggered by a single-byte modification in a JBIG2Globals object.

Description

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions , 2019.012.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2015.006.30503 and earlier, and 2015.006.30503 and earlier have an untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution .

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Google Security Research · textdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47609

This exploit demonstrates an access violation in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC due to an uninitialized pointer dereference when opening a malformed PDF. The crash occurs in the `CTJPEGTiledContentWriter::operator=` function, triggered by a single-byte modification in a JBIG2Globals object.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC (2019.012.20036)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: A malformed PDF file with a specific byte modification at offset 0x2f5
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.2289
EPSS Percentile 97.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (4)
adobe/acrobat_dc 15.006.30060 - 15.006.30504
adobe/acrobat_dc 15.008.20082 - 19.021.20047
adobe/acrobat_reader_dc 15.006.30060 - 15.006.30504
adobe/acrobat_reader_dc 15.008.20082 - 19.021.20047
Published Oct 17, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026