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CVE-2019-16451

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-16451 is a critical heap overflow vulnerability affecting multiple versions of Adobe Acrobat and Reader on Windows, macOS, and iOS. This flaw allows for arbitrary code execution with a CVSS score of 9.8, indicating a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector and low complexity. While not currently listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists (e.g., ExploitDB-47769), and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, suggesting a heightened potential for exploitation. Organizations using affected Adobe products should prioritize patching to mitigate this high-risk vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 15.006.30060, < 15.006.30508CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*
>= 15.008.20082, < 19.021.20058CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:*
>= 17.011.30059, < 17.011.30156CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*
>= 15.006.30060, < 15.006.30508CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*
>= 15.008.20082, < 19.021.20058CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
34.68%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-47769 · Dec 11, 2019
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3468 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

adobevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

helpx.adobe.com / security/products/acrobat/apsb19-55.html
Vendor Advisory
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-20-145
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry