CVE-2016-4200 is a memory corruption vulnerability affecting Adobe Reader and Acrobat on Windows and OS X, including specific versions of Reader/Acrobat before 11.0.17, Acrobat/Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30198, and Acrobat/Reader DC Continuous before 15.017.20050. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors, requiring user interaction. With a CVSS v3 score of 8.8 (High), it presents a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vulnerability has a low EPSS score and is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, indicating no widespread active exploitation, there is no public exploit code available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. However, it garnered some community discussion and media coverage at the time of its disclosure.
| 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:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.