CVE-2019-16471
Published: 11 September 2023
Summary
CVE-2019-16471 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat Dc. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 46.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2019-7185
Vulnerability details
Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 2019.021.20056 and earlier are affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim…
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must open a malicious file.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.