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CVE-2016-0940

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-01-14 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability 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 via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0932, CVE-2016-0934, CVE-2016-0937, and CVE-2016-0941.

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

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