PT-2016-2842

CVE-2016-6978

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Published

2016-10-06

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Updated

2017-07-30

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CVSS 3.1
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Critical
MetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Adobe Reader versions (affected versions not specified) Adobe Acrobat versions (affected versions not specified)
Description The issue is caused by a memory buffer overflow, which can be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption).
Recommendations For Adobe Reader, update to a version that fixes the memory corruption issue. For Adobe Acrobat, update to a version that fixes the memory corruption issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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