VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2016-6939

critical
Published 2016-10-13 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
10.0
VIR risk
9.8

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
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/apsb16-33.html

OS impact
OSVersionStatusFixed in
macos macosnot-affected

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
adobe adobeacrobat{"endIncluding":"11.0.17"}
adobe adobeacrobat_dc{"endIncluding":"15.006.30201"}
adobe adobeacrobat_reader_dc{"endIncluding":"15.006.30201"}
adobe adobereader{"endIncluding":"11.0.17"}

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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