What is CVE-2016-4092?

CVE-2016-4092 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-05-11.

How severe is CVE-2016-4092?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-4092 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Adobe Acrobat

CVE-2016-4092

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.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.099 (95.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

psirt@adobe.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
psirt@adobe.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
psirt@adobe.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-4092?: CVE-2016-4092 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-05-11.
How severe is CVE-2016-4092?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-4092 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.