CVE-2016-4256 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability affecting Adobe Digital Editions versions prior to 4.5.2, allowing for arbitrary code execution or denial of service through unspecified vectors. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it represents a severe risk, requiring no user interaction or privileges for exploitation and potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code is readily available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness despite no confirmed active exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:digital_editions:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.