CVE-2016-6938: Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.17, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30198, and Acrobat and Acrobat…

PriorityP350critical9.8CVSS 3.0

AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

8.71%

94.6th percentile

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.17, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30198, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.017.20050 on Windows and OS X allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4255.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
adobe	acrobat	<= 11.0.16	—
adobe	acrobat_dc	<= 15.006.30174	—
adobe	acrobat_dc	<= 15.016.20045	—
adobe	acrobat_reader_dc	<= 15.006.30174	—
adobe	acrobat_reader_dc	<= 15.016.20045	—
adobe	reader	<= 11.0.16	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.09.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.010.0CRITICALAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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