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CVE-2016-6948

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-6948 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability affecting Adobe Reader and Acrobat on both Windows and OS X, allowing for arbitrary code execution or denial of service. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been confirmed, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the security community.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 11.0.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 15.006.30201CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*
<= 15.017.20053CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:*
<= 15.006.30201CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*
<= 15.017.20053CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.70%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0570 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 36,821 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

adobepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

helpx.adobe.com / security/products/acrobat/apsb16-33.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/93496
securitytracker.com / id/1036986