CVE-1999-1576

High CVSS 7.5

Published 1999-09-27 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1576, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

Buffer overflow in Adobe Acrobat ActiveX control (pdf.ocx, PDF.PdfCtrl.1) 1.3.188 for Acrobat Reader 4.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the pdf.setview method.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1576

CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P