CVE-2016-4259

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-09-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Adobe Digital Editions before 4.5.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4256, CVE-2016-4257, CVE-2016-4258, CVE-2016-4260, CVE-2016-4261, and CVE-2016-4262.

Affected products

Adobe Digital Editions: through 4.5.1

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92928
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036793
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/Digital-Editions/apsb16-28.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92928
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036793
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/Digital-Editions/apsb16-28.html

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