High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 13, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-4255
CVE-2016-4255
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.
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Affected products
8<11.0.17+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: <11.0.17
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*range: <=15.006.30174
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:*range: <=15.016.20045
<11.0.17+ 3 more
- (no CPE)range: <11.0.17
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=11.0.16
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*range: <=15.006.30174
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:*range: <=15.016.20045
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