CVE-2016-0939 is a critical vulnerability affecting Adobe Reader and Acrobat on Windows and OS X, including specific versions of Reader/Acrobat DC Classic and Continuous. This flaw, stemming from an uninitialized pointer dereference and memory corruption (CWE-119), allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), it has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation (KEV) or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of its potential risk.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 15.006.30097CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* | ||
<= 15.009.20077CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:* | ||
<= 15.006.30097CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* | ||
<= 15.009.20077CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:* | ||
<= 11.0.13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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