CVE-2016-6971
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-2016-6961, CVE-2016-6962, CVE-2016-6963, CVE-2016-6964, CVE-2016-6965, CVE-2016-6967, CVE-2016-6968, CVE-2016-6969, CVE-2016-6979, CVE-2016-6988, and CVE-2016-6993.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
macOS Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Not affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| adobe | acrobat | {"endIncluding":"11.0.17"} | |
| adobe | acrobat_dc | {"endIncluding":"15.006.30201"} | |
| adobe | acrobat_reader_dc | {"endIncluding":"15.006.30201"} | |
| adobe | reader | {"endIncluding":"11.0.17"} | |
References
CWEs
CWE-416
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.