CVE-2016-0954

CRITICAL

Adobe Digital Editions <4.5.1 - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2016-0954. PoCs published by Pier-Luc Maltais.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup detailing CVE-2016-0954, a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Digital Editions <= 4.5.0. The vulnerability involves a specially crafted ExtGstate object leading to potential remote code execution.

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Pier-Luc Maltais · textdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39533

This is a writeup detailing CVE-2016-0954, a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Digital Editions <= 4.5.0. The vulnerability involves a specially crafted ExtGstate object leading to potential remote code execution.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Adobe Digital Editions <= 4.5.0
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must open a specially crafted PDF file
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84214
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035201
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39533/

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.3366
EPSS Percentile 97.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (1)
adobe/digital_editions < 4.5.0
Published Mar 09, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026