CVE-2016-0940

MITRE NVD CVE.ORG Print: PDF PDF

Summary

CVECVE-2016-0940
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-01-14 05:59:00 UTC
Updated2016-12-07 23:42:00 UTC
DescriptionUse-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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Adobe Acrobat 11.0.0 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat 11.0.1 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat 11.0.10 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat 11.0.11 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat 11.0.12 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat 11.0.2 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat 11.0.3 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat 11.0.4 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat 11.0.5 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat 11.0.6 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat 11.0.7 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat 11.0.8 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat 11.0.9 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat 11.0.0 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat 11.0.1 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat 11.0.10 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat 11.0.11 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat 11.0.12 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat 11.0.2 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat 11.0.3 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat 11.0.4 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat 11.0.5 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat 11.0.6 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat 11.0.7 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat 11.0.8 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat 11.0.9 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat All All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Dc All All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Dc All All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 11.0.0 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 11.0.1 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 11.0.10 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 11.0.11 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 11.0.12 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 11.0.2 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 11.0.3 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 11.0.4 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 11.0.5 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 11.0.6 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 11.0.7 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 11.0.8 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 11.0.9 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 11.0.0 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 11.0.1 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 11.0.10 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 11.0.11 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 11.0.12 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 11.0.2 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 11.0.3 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 11.0.4 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 11.0.5 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 11.0.6 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 11.0.7 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 11.0.8 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 11.0.9 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader All All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader Dc All All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader Dc All All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X All All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Adobe Security Bulletin CONFIRM helpx.adobe.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Adobe Acrobat/Reader Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Bypass Security Restrictions - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
© CVE.report 2026 |

Use of this information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. It is the responsibility of user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content. EACH USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY consequences of his or her direct or indirect use of this web site. ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. This site will NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT or any other kind of loss.

CVE, CWE, and OVAL are registred trademarks of The MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. This site includes MITRE data granted under the following license.

CVE.report and Source URL Uptime Status status.cve.report