What is CVE-2016-4258?

CVE-2016-4258 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Adobe Digital Editions, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-09-16.

How severe is CVE-2016-4258?

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

Buffer overflow in Adobe Digital Editions

CVE-2016-4258

Adobe Digital Editions before 4.5.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4256, CVE-2016-4257, CVE-2016-4259, CVE-2016-4260, CVE-2016-4261, and CVE-2016-4262.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2016-09-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.050 (92.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 92.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.050 · newest: 0.050 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Adobe Digital Editions

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

www.securitytracker.com/id/1036793 (vdb-entry)
helpx.adobe.com/security/products/Digital-Editions/apsb16-28.html (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/92928 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-4258?: CVE-2016-4258 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Adobe Digital Editions, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-09-16.
How severe is CVE-2016-4258?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.