CVE-2011-0611

adobe flash_player, adobe air, adobe reader

Published 13 Apr 2011 · updated 16 Jun 2026 · Analyzed

8.8 High · CVSS 3.1, NVD

Exploited in the wild

CISA added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 3 Mar 2022, with a remediation deadline of 24 Mar 2022 for US federal agencies.

Required action: The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

Description

Adobe Flash Player before 10.2.154.27 on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Solaris and 10.2.156.12 and earlier on Android; Adobe AIR before 2.6.19140; and Authplay.dll (aka AuthPlayLib.bundle) in Adobe Reader 9.x before 9.4.4 and 10.x through 10.0.1 on Windows, Adobe Reader 9.x before 9.4.4 and 10.x before 10.0.3 on Mac OS X, and Adobe Acrobat 9.x before 9.4.4 and 10.x before 10.0.3 on Windows and Mac OS X allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted Flash content; as demonstrated by a Microsoft Office document with an embedded .swf file that has a size inconsistency in a "group of included constants," object type confusion, ActionScript that adds custom functions to prototypes, and Date objects; and as exploited in the wild in April 2011.

References

blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/archive/2011/04/12/analysis-of-the-cve-2011-0611-adobe-flash-player-vulnerability-exploitation.aspx · Not Applicable
bugix-security.blogspot.com/2011/04/cve-2011-0611-adobe-flash-zero-day.html · Exploit
contagiodump.blogspot.com/2011/04/apr-8-cve-2011-0611-flash-player-zero.html · Exploit, Issue Tracking
googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/04/stable-channel-update.html · Release Notes
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00004.html · Mailing List, Patch
secunia.com/advisories/44119 · Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/44141 · Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/44149 · Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/blog/210/ · Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com/securityalert/8204 · Third Party Advisory
securityreason.com/securityalert/8292 · Third Party Advisory
www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa11-02.html · Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-07.html · Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-08.html · Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17175 · Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/230057 · Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0451.html · Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/47314 · Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
www.securitytracker.com/id?1025324 · Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
www.securitytracker.com/id?1025325 · Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0922 · Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0923 · Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0924 · Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66681 · Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14175 · Broken Link