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CVE-2016-4091

CRITICAL

Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.16, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30172, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.016.20039 on Windows and OS X allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4092.

Published: May 11, 2016 Modified: Jun 17, 2026
CWE-119

CVSS Metrics

CVSSv3
Attack Vector: NETWORK Attack Complexity: LOW Privileges Required: NONE User Interaction: NONE Scope: UNCHANGED Confidentiality Impact: HIGH Integrity Impact: HIGH Availability Impact: HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products (6)

Vendor Product Version
adobe acrobat *
adobe acrobat_dc *
adobe acrobat_dc *
adobe acrobat_reader_dc *
adobe acrobat_reader_dc *
adobe reader *

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-3ccj-gjjj-hrm2

Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.16, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader...

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 9.8 / 10
EPSS Score 9.87%

Top 5% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 42.2 / 100

Data Sources

NVD EPSS GitHub