CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-6994

9.8 CRITICAL Published 2016-10-13 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-10-13
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-119

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-2016-6939.

Affected configurations

• adobe acrobat (<= 11.0.17) • adobe acrobat dc (<= 15.006.30201) • adobe acrobat dc (<= 15.017.20053) • adobe acrobat reader dc (<= 15.006.30201) • adobe acrobat reader dc (<= 15.017.20053) • adobe reader (<= 11.0.17)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References