What is CVE-2016-7853?

CVE-2016-7853 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 2016-10-21.

How severe is CVE-2016-7853?

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

Buffer overflow in Adobe Acrobat

CVE-2016-7853

Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.18, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30243, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.020.20039 on Windows and OS X allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a d…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.044 (89.3th 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

References

psirt@adobe.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
93496 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-7853?: CVE-2016-7853 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 2016-10-21.
How severe is CVE-2016-7853?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.