CVE-2016-6945

Critical

Published: 13/10/2016(UTC)Translated: 14/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Summary

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.18, and in 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.

Risk Assessment

Exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to remote code execution, posing a serious security threat to the organization's systems.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Adobe Reader and Acrobat to the latest versions to minimize the risk associated with this vulnerability.

Original NVD description (English source)

Use-after-free vulnerability 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-2016-1089, CVE-2016-1091, CVE-2016-6944, CVE-2016-6946, CVE-2016-6949, CVE-2016-6952, CVE-2016-6953, CVE-2016-6961, CVE-2016-6962, CVE-2016-6963, CVE-2016-6964, CVE-2016-6965, CVE-2016-6967, CVE-2016-6968, CVE-2016-6969, CVE-2016-6971, CVE-2016-6979, CVE-2016-6988, and CVE-2016-6993.