Patch intelligence record
Adobe Acrobat Reader 18.011.20038
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Current reports mention performance regression, crash or launch failure in application stability, signing/certificate failure in e signatures.
Too few reports for a firm verdict yet — treat this as early evidence.
- Accepted reports
- 3
- Latest evidence run
- Sep 8, 2026
- Healthy sources
- 0 fresh (success / no reports) · need 2
- adobe community algolia search Completed last checked Sep 8, 2026
- adobe community search Source request was blocked last checked Aug 27, 2026
- Reddit Source request was blocked last checked Aug 27, 2026
Monitoring reflects community-evidence collection health for this exact release — an absence of reports is not a safety guarantee, and this is separate from the AUXSAYS verdict.
Vendor Known Issues — No vendor-known issue data captured for this patch.
AUXSAYS has not captured official issue data for this patch. This does not indicate the vendor has no issues. Not counted as community reports.
Official Patch Notes — vendor release notes captured from the official source
Adobe Acrobat Reader 18.011.20038 (Continuous track, Windows, macOS). Release date 2018-02-23. Official Adobe Acrobat release note; applies to Adobe Acrobat Reader + Adobe Acrobat Pro.
Adobe Acrobat Reader in these notes: .
Adobe Acrobat Reader 18.011.20038 (Continuous track, Windows, macOS). Release date 2018-02-23. Official Adobe Acrobat release note; applies to Adobe Acrobat Reader + Adobe Acrobat Pro.
Technical Details
- Released
- Feb 23, 2018
- File size
- Official source checked
- Jul 31, 2026
- Official notes checked
- Jul 31, 2026
Checksum
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User Reports / Sources (3)
User report sources used for the current read.
- Adobe Community. (2018, March 28). AcroRd32.exe Not closing on Xenapp Terminal Server. adobe community bug report Issue: performance regression Workflow: performance
- Adobe Community. (2018, February 27). Adobe Reader 18.011.20038 Crashes When first opened. adobe community bug report Issue: crash or launch failure in application stability Workflow: application stability
- Adobe Community. (2018, May 9). Adobe acrobat DC not letting me digitally sign a document. adobe community bug report Issue: signing/certificate failure in e signatures Workflow: e signatures
Official sources
- Adobe. (2018, February 23). Adobe Acrobat release notes.release notes
- Adobe. (2018, February 23). Adobe Acrobat security bulletins.security advisory
- Adobe. Download page.download
Recent Acrobat reports
2 Not attributed to this update.These issues were reported while this release was current. The reporters did not identify this update as the cause, and they are not counted toward the consensus above.
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Can't open any PDF file. Get error report, says problem with software PLS HELP!
Reported during the 18.011.20038 release window (Feb 23, 2018 to May 14, 2018).
Patch attribution: not established.
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Acrobat Reader DC and Adobe Acrobat DC Cleaner Tool has stopped working...
Reported during the 18.011.20038 release window (Feb 23, 2018 to May 14, 2018).
Patch attribution: not established.