CVE-2016-0945 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability affecting Adobe Reader and Acrobat on both Windows and OS X, allowing for arbitrary code execution or denial of service. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating its recognized severity. Organizations should prioritize patching affected Adobe products to mitigate this critical risk.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 11.0.13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.