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CVE-2011-0611

Exploitation confirmed. First attested on 2022-03-03 by CISA-ADP, CISA KEV, GCVE · kevintel.

  • Published2011-04-13
  • Fixed in10.0.3 · 9.4.4 · 9.4
  • WeaknessCWE-843

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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.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2011-04-1314:55CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2022-03-03Added to the CISA KEV catalogCISA KEV
  3. 2022-03-03Listed as exploited by GCVEGCVE
  4. 2022-03-03Exploitation first reportedCISA KEV
  5. 2024-02-0214:05SSVC exploitation set to activeCISA-ADP
  6. 2026-10-2319:23EPSS crossed 10 %FIRST EPSS

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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  • CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2011-0611?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD · CISA-ADP
Adobe acrobatversion to verify
BranchAffectedFixed in
10.0≥ 10.0, < 10.0.310.0.3
9.x≥ 9.0, < 9.4.49.4.4
9.x≥ 9.0, < 9.49.4
Adobe acrobat readerversion to verify
BranchAffectedFixed in
10.0≥ 10.0, < 10.0.310.0.3
9.x≥ 9.0, < 9.4.49.4.4
10.0≥ 10.0, ≤ 10.0.1no fix published
Opensuse
BranchAffectedFixed in
11.2= 11.2no fix published
11.3= 11.3no fix published
11.4= 11.4no fix published

6 more products in the sources.

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

  1. Update Adobe acrobat to 10.0.3 · 9.4.4 · 9.4
  2. CISA’s required action: The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.due 2022-03-24

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Date Added
2022-03-03
Patch Due Date
2022-03-24
Ransomware Use
Unknown
Required Action
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

Sources

  • CISA KEVKEV entry2022-03-03
  • GCVEexploitation2022-03-03
  • CISA-ADPSSVC decisionactive2024-02-02
  • OpenCVESSVC decisionactive—
  • CISA-ADPCVSS 3.18.82024-06-19
  • NVDCVSS 3.18.8read 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 2.09.3read 2026-10-23
  • CISA-ADPweakness (CWE)CWE-8432024-06-19
  • NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-843read 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score99.4 %read 2026-10-23

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2011-04-13
Last Modified
2026-06-16
NVD status
Analyzed

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2011-0611?

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.

Is CVE-2011-0611 actively exploited?

Yes. CVE-2011-0611 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, meaning it has been confirmed as actively exploited in the wild. CISA requires federal agencies to patch by 2022-03-24.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2011-0611?

CVE-2011-0611 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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