CVE-2016-6939 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Adobe Acrobat

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer7 documents5 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
5.0%
top 10.25%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Adobe AcrobatAdobe Acrobat DCAdobe Acrobat Reader DC+1 more
Timeline
PublishedOct 13
Latest updateMay 17

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.18, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30243, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.020.20039 on Windows and OS X allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-6994.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDadobe/acrobat_reader_dc15.006.30201+1
▶NVDadobe/acrobat11.0.17
▶NVDadobe/acrobat_dc15.006.30201+1
▶NVDadobe/reader11.0.17

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-89v9-9pwr-72v2: Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11↗2022-05-17
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GHSA
GHSA-fhww-mg2m-x83m: Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11↗2022-05-17
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CVEList
CVE-2016-6994: Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11↗2016-10-13
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CVEList
CVE-2016-6939: Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11↗2016-10-13
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

2
Fortinet
Fortinet Researchers Discover Two Critical Vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat and Reader↗2016-10-21
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Zscaler
Zscaler discovers Flash Player Vulnerabilities | 10-11-2016↗
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CVE-2016-6939 — Adobe Acrobat vulnerability | cvebase