CVE-2016-6938

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-416 Use After Free

Publication date:

17/09/2016

Last modified:

12/04/2025

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.17, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30198, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.017.20050 on Windows and OS X allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4255.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.80 CRITICAL
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

9.80

Severity 3.x

CRITICAL

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 10.00 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

10.00

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows::::::::
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat::::::::		11.0.16 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:::::classic:::*		15.006.30174 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:::::continuous:::*		15.016.20045 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:::::classic:::*		15.006.30174 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:::::continuous:::*		15.016.20045 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:reader::::::::		11.0.16 (including)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2016-6938

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools