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CVE-2016-6953

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-10-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

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-2016-6961, 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

• Adobe Acrobat for Edge: through 11.0.17
• Adobe Acrobat DC: through 15.006.30201; through 15.017.20053
• Adobe Acrobat Reader: through 15.006.30201; through 15.017.20053
• Adobe Reader: through 11.0.17

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93491
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036986
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb16-33.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93491
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036986
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb16-33.html

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