CVE-2016-1043: adobe acrobat

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-1043 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in adobe acrobat. EPSS estimates a 6.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 11-05-2016
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 05-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Integer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.16, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30172, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.016.20039 on Windows and OS X allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.