Buffer overflow in Adobe Acrobat
CVE-2016-0942
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 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a d…
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.032 (87.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Adobe Acrobat — versions 11.0.0, 11.0.1, 11.0.2
- Adobe Acrobat_dc
- Adobe Acrobat_reader — versions 11.0.0, 11.0.1, 11.0.2
- Adobe Acrobat_reader_dc
- Apple Mac_os_x
- Microsoft Windows
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- 1034646 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- psirt@adobe.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-0942?
- CVE-2016-0942 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-01-14.
- How severe is CVE-2016-0942?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.