01 Record

CVE-2016-4091

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

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: adobe

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 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

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 9.86% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 95.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2016-05-11 10:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 00:17Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-04-27

Assigning CNA

adobe

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

e2cb01c8e837b2566c787456e17d5c089f3dc9319d6a42cf47cb11297ab18460

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

adobeacrobatNot specified—

adobeacrobat_dcNot specified—

adobeacrobat_reader_dcNot specified—

adobereaderNot specified—

applemac_os_xNot specified—

microsoftwindowsNot specified—

06 References

www.securitytracker.com1035828http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035828vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
www.securityfocus.com90508http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90508vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
helpx.adobe.comhttps://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb16-14.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM