CVE-2016-0940
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 5.5% (pctl 93)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 5.49% — more likely to be exploited than 93% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2016-01-14 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (6)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| adobe | acrobat |
| adobe | acrobat dc |
| adobe | acrobat reader |
| adobe | acrobat reader dc |
| apple | mac os x |
| microsoft | windows |
References
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