CVE-2016-6949

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-2016-6952, 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-2016-6971, CVE-2016-6979, CVE-2016-6988, and CVE-2016-6993.

• CWE-416

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93491Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036986
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb16-33.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• https://www.verisign.com/en_US/security-services/security-intelligence/vulnerability-reports/articles/index.xhtml?id=1230Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93491Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036986
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb16-33.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• https://www.verisign.com/en_US/security-services/security-intelligence/vulnerability-reports/articles/index.xhtml?id=1230Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Published

Oct 13, 2016

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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