Adobe · Flash Player
CVE-2011-0609
Adobe Flash Player Unspecified Vulnerability
What it is
Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 10.2.154.13 and earlier on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Solaris; 10.1.106.16 and earlier on Android; Adobe AIR 2.5.1 and earlier; and Authplay.dll (aka AuthPlayLib.bundle) in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x through 9.4.2 and 10.x through 10.0.1 on Windows and Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted Flash content, as demonstrated by a .swf file embedded in an Excel spreadsheet, and as exploited in the wild in March 2011.
CISA: Adobe Flash Player contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute code or cause denial-of-service (DoS).
What to do
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Deadline for US federal agencies: June 22, 2022
- Added to the CISA list
- June 8, 2022
- Published
- March 15, 2011
- Severity
- High 7.8 CVSS 3.1
- Chance of attacks in the next 30 days (EPSS)
- 64% in the top 0.8% of all known vulnerabilities
- More details
- NVD · CVE.org · CISA
All references (20)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0372.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46860
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/03/stable-and-beta-channel-updates_15.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0732
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa11-01.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43751
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14147
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0656
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025211
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66078
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0655
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025210
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43856
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/192052
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43772
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-06.html
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8152
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025238
- http://blogs.adobe.com/asset/2011/03/background-on-apsa11-01-patch-schedule.html
More exploited flaws from Adobe
| Added | Vulnerability | Product | Severity | Attack chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2024 | Incorrect Default Permissions | Flash Player | High 8.8 | 11% |
| Sep 17, 2024 | Code Execution | Flash Player | High 8.8 | 11% |
| Sep 17, 2024 | Integer Underflow Vulnerablity | Flash Player | High 8.8 | 99.9% |
| Sep 17, 2024 | Double Free Vulnerablity | Flash Player | High 8.8 | 25% |
| Jun 8, 2022 | Memory Corruption | Flash Player | High 7.8 | 83% |
| Jun 8, 2022 | Memory Corruption | Flash Player | High 7.8 | 91% |
| Jun 8, 2022 | Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) | Flash Player | Medium 6.1 | 6.2% |
| Jun 8, 2022 | Integer Overflow | Flash Player | High 8.8 | 21% |
Sources: Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (CISA, public domain), CVE records (cve.org) and EPSS (FIRST). The chance of attacks is the EPSS estimate that someone will try to exploit the flaw in the next 30 days.