CVE-2016-0954 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Adobe Digital Editions before 4.5.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2016-03-09

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 33.7% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:adobe:digital_editions:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.3366.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84214
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035201
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/Digital-Editions/apsb16-06.html
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39533/

History

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.16253}`	epss `{'score': 0.3366}`

Subscriptions

Adobe Digital Editions

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published: 2016-03-09T11:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T22:38:41.361Z

Reserved: 2015-12-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-0954

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-03-09T11:59:36.593

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-0954

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-119

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