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Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 13, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2016-6961

CVE-2016-6961

Description

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-2016-6945, CVE-2016-6946, CVE-2016-6949, CVE-2016-6952, CVE-2016-6953, 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.

Affected products

6
  • Adobe Inc./Acrobat
    cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: <=11.0.17
  • Adobe Inc./Acrobat Dc2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*range: <=15.006.30201
    • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:*range: <=15.017.20053
  • Adobe Inc./Acrobat Reader Dc2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*range: <=15.006.30201
    • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:*range: <=15.017.20053
  • Adobe Inc./Reader
    cpe:2.3:a:adobe:reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: <=11.0.17

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

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