CVE-2016-4208 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability affecting Adobe Reader and Acrobat on Windows and OS X, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. With a CVSS v3 score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over a network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, public exploit code exists (EDB-40098), and it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness and potential for exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 11.0.16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 15.006.30174CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* | ||
<= 15.016.20045CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:* | ||
<= 15.006.30174CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* | ||
<= 15.016.20045CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.