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CVE-2016-4092

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

9.8 Critical

CVE-2016-4092 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Adobe Acrobat, published May 11, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 9.87%, the 95th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

What does this mean?
Severity
9.8 CriticalCVSS 3.0, NVD
Exploit chance
9.87%EPSS, 95th percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

Description

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-2016-4091.

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

9.87%Up 6.7 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

What each source reports

NVD Score used9.8

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-2016-4091.

Record
CVE-2016-4092
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
10.0 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

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-2016-4091.

Record
CVE-2016-4092
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-5093No score

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-2016-4091.

Record
EUVD-2016-5093
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xhjc-f747-7pqf9.8

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

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-2016-4091.

Record
GHSA-xhjc-f747-7pqf
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

References

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