CVE-2016-1044

critical
Published 2016-05-11 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
10.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
10.0
VIR risk
10.0

Description

Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.16, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30172, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.016.20039 on Windows and OS X allow attackers to bypass JavaScript API execution restrictions via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-1038, CVE-2016-1039, CVE-2016-1040, CVE-2016-1041, CVE-2016-1042, CVE-2016-1062, and CVE-2016-1117.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
98%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@adobe.com — https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb16-14.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
macos macosnot-affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
adobeacrobat{"endIncluding":"11.0.15"}
adobeacrobat_dc{"endIncluding":"15.006.30121"}
adobeacrobat_reader_dc{"endIncluding":"15.006.30121"}
adobereader{"endIncluding":"11.0.15"}

References

CWEs

CWE-284

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.