CVE-1999-1576: Adobe Acrobat Reader

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 12.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Adobe Acrobat Reader: version 4.0 only

Published 1999-09-27. Last modified 2026-06-16.