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CVE-2016-0938

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-01-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The AcroForm plugin in Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.14, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30119, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.010.20056 on Windows and OS X allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0931, CVE-2016-0933, CVE-2016-0936, CVE-2016-0939, CVE-2016-0942, CVE-2016-0944, CVE-2016-0945, and CVE-2016-0946.

Affected products

• Adobe Acrobat for Edge: through 11.0.13; 11.0.0, 11.0.1, 11.0.2, 11.0.3, 11.0.4, 11.0.5 (+7)
• Adobe Acrobat DC: through 15.006.30097; through 15.009.20077
• Adobe Acrobat Reader: through 11.0.13; 11.0.0, 11.0.1, 11.0.2, 11.0.3, 11.0.4, 11.0.5 (+7)
• Adobe Acrobat Reader: through 15.006.30097; through 15.009.20077

References

• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034646
• http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-013
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb16-02.html
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034646
• http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-013
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb16-02.html

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