CVE-2011-0611: Adobe Flash Player Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Name

Adobe Flash Player Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Vendor

Adobe

Product

Flash Player

Added to the catalog

2022-03-03

Due date for US federal agencies

2022-03-24

Weaknesses

CWE-843

Catalog version

2026.10.30

Adobe Flash Player contains a vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted Flash content.

Required action (CISA)

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

Ransomware use: CISA does not mark known use of this vulnerability in ransomware campaigns.

Links in CISA's notes

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0611

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NVD analysis

Status

Analyzed

Published

2011-04-13T14:55:01.217

Last modified

2026-06-16T23:27:44.830

Weaknesses

CWE-843

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

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

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CVE record

Assigner

adobe

State

PUBLISHED

Published

2011-04-13T14:00:00.000Z

Updated

2025-10-22T00:05:49.821Z

Problem types

n/a

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

• http://bugix-security.blogspot.com/2011/04/cve-2011-0611-adobe-flash-zero-day.html
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14175
• 47314
• http://secunia.com/blog/210/
• 8204
• ADV-2011-0922
• RHSA-2011:0451
• SUSE-SA:2011:018
• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-07.html
• 8292
• 44149
• 44141
• adobe-flash-swf-doc-ce(66681)
• ADV-2011-0924
• 1025325
• 17175
• http://blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/archive/2011/04/12/analysis-of-the-cve-2011-0611-adobe-flash-player-vulnerability-exploitation.aspx
• 44119
• VU#230057
• http://contagiodump.blogspot.com/2011/04/apr-8-cve-2011-0611-flash-player-zero.html
• ADV-2011-0923
• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa11-02.html
• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/04/stable-channel-update.html
• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-08.html
• 1025324

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