CVE-2011-0611
Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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Key data
CVSS 3.1 High 8.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector: Network
The vulnerable component can be reached over a network, possibly from the Internet.
Attack complexity: Low
No special conditions are needed. The attack can be repeated at will.
Privileges required: None
No account or privileges are needed.
User interaction: Required
A user has to do something first, such as opening a file or following a link.
Scope: Unchanged
The impact stays within the vulnerable component.
Confidentiality impact: High
Serious or total effect on the secrecy of data.
Integrity impact: High
Serious or total effect on the trustworthiness of data.
Availability impact: High
Serious or total effect on availability.
| Metric | Value | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Attack vector | Network | The vulnerable component can be reached over a network, possibly from the Internet. |
| Attack complexity | Low | No special conditions are needed. The attack can be repeated at will. |
| Privileges required | None | No account or privileges are needed. |
| User interaction | Required | A user has to do something first, such as opening a file or following a link. |
| Scope | Unchanged | The impact stays within the vulnerable component. |
| Confidentiality impact | High | Serious or total effect on the secrecy of data. |
| Integrity impact | High | Serious or total effect on the trustworthiness of data. |
| Availability impact | High | Serious or total effect on availability. |
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EPSS
- Score
- 0.99410 (99.4% probability)
- Percentile
- 99.9%
- Scores of
- Nov 10, 2026
- Model
- v2026.06.15
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
- Name in the catalog
- Adobe Flash Player Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Added to the catalog
- Mar 3, 2022
- Federal due date
- Mar 24, 2022
CISA assessment as of Feb 2, 2024
- Exploitation
- Recorded by CISA as active
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-843Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type
References
- bugix-security.blogspot.com/2011/04/cve-2011-0611-adobe-fla…
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14175 (oval.cisecurity.org)vdb-entrysignature
- 47314 (securityfocus.com)vdb-entry
- secunia.com/blog/210
- 8204 (securityreason.com)third-party-advisory
- ADV-2011-0922 (vupen.com)vdb-entry
- RHSA-2011:0451 (redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SA:2011:018 (lists.opensuse.org)vendor-advisory
- adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-07.html
- 8292 (securityreason.com)third-party-advisory
- 44149 (secunia.com)third-party-advisory
- 44141 (secunia.com)third-party-advisory
- adobe-flash-swf-doc-ce(66681) (exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com)vdb-entry
- ADV-2011-0924 (vupen.com)vdb-entry
- 1025325 (securitytracker.com)vdb-entry
- 17175 (exploit-db.com)exploit
- blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/archive/2011/04/12/analysis-of-the…
- 44119 (secunia.com)third-party-advisory
- VU#230057 (kb.cert.org)third-party-advisory
- contagiodump.blogspot.com/2011/04/apr-8-cve-2011-0611-flash…
- ADV-2011-0923 (vupen.com)vdb-entry
- adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa11-02.html
- googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/04/stable-channel-up…
- adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-08.html
- 1025324 (securitytracker.com)vdb-entry
Timeline
- ID reserved
- Record published
- Added to CISA KEV
- Record last updated
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