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CVE-2016-6939 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb16-33.html CVEMitigationVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93487 CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036986 CVE
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb16-33.html [email protected]MitigationVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93487 [email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-6939
NVD Published Date:
Oct 13, 2016
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2016-6939 Details - Not Deferred