CVE-2016-4256

CVSS V2 High 10 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
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-2016-4257, CVE-2016-4258, CVE-2016-4259, CVE-2016-4260, CVE-2016-4261, and CVE-2016-4262.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-4256
  • Assigner
  • psirt@adobe.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-09-16T05:59:03
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-08-13T01:29:09
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:digital_editions:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.5.1
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 10
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/Digital-Editions/apsb16-28.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92928
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036793
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4256
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4256
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:03:29 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 11:10:33 2016-09-16T05:59Z 2016-09-16T05:59:03 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 11:10:33 2017-08-13T01:29:09 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 11:10:33 Modified Vulnerability Status updated