CVE-2016-4263
Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Digital Editions before 4.5.2 allows attackers to execute...
CVE-2016-4263 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Adobe Digital Editions, published September 16, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.81%, the 93rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Digital Editions before 4.5.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
9.8
Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Digital Editions before 4.5.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
- Record
CVE-2016-4263- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Digital Editions before 4.5.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
- Record
CVE-2016-4263- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-5263 No score
Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Digital Editions before 4.5.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
- Record
EUVD-2016-5263- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-r82c-9pj7-r6wh
9.8
Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Digital Editions before 4.5.2 allows attackers to execute...
Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Digital Editions before 4.5.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
- Record
GHSA-r82c-9pj7-r6wh- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | aliases | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |