CVE-2016-6994

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-2016-6939.

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

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
macos		not-affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
adobe	acrobat	`{"endIncluding":"11.0.17"}`
adobe	acrobat_dc	`{"endIncluding":"15.006.30201"}`
adobe	acrobat_reader_dc	`{"endIncluding":"15.006.30201"}`
adobe	reader	`{"endIncluding":"11.0.17"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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