CVE-2011-0611 Adobe Flash Player Remote Code Execution
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service via crafted Flash content exploiting type confusion in Adobe Flash Player and Reader.
- Exploited in the wild
- Since 3 Mar 2022
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2011-0611?
CVE-2011-0611 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, published on 13 Apr 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-843
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-0611?
It affects 7 products.
Linux distribution packages (3)
flash-plugin Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client | All versions | 0:10.2.159.1-1.el5 |
flash-plugin Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server | All versions | 0:10.2.159.1-1.el5 |
flash-plugin Red Hat:rhel_extras:6 | All versions | 0:10.2.159.1-1.el6 |
Products include Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Adobe Adobe Air, Adobe Flash Player, Google Chrome, Opensuse Opensuse and 1 more.
How do I fix CVE-2011-0611?
Upgrade to a fixed version. US federal agencies must fix it by 24 Mar 2022.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2011-0611 being exploited?
Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2011-0611 in the wild since at least 3 Mar 2022.
Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries.
Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xhq8-8cqj-q337, RHSA-2011:0451.