CVE DATABASE / CVE-2011-0611
CVE-2011-0611
Adobe Flash Player Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Confirmed exploited in the wild. Added 2022-03-03.
Federal remediation due 2022-03-24.
Required action: The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Summary
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.
CVSS 3.1 breakdown
| Base score | 8.8 (HIGH) |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | NONE |
| User interaction | REQUIRED |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | HIGH |
| Integrity | HIGH |
| Availability | HIGH |
Weakness type (CWE)
Affected products
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References
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/archive/2011/04/12/analysis-of-the-cve-2011-0611-adobe-flash-player-vulnerability-exploitation.aspx
- http://bugix-security.blogspot.com/2011/04/cve-2011-0611-adobe-flash-zero-day.html
- http://contagiodump.blogspot.com/2011/04/apr-8-cve-2011-0611-flash-player-zero.html
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/04/stable-channel-update.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44119
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44141
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44149
- http://secunia.com/blog/210/
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8204
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8292
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa11-02.html
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-07.html
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-08.html
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17175
Data: NIST NVD + CISA KEV. NVD last modified 2026-04-21. Always verify against the vendor advisory before acting.