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

> CVE-2011-0611: Adobe Flash Player Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. CVSS 8.8 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2011-0611
Last updated: 2025-10-22T00:05:49Z

- Published: 2011-04-13 14:00 UTC · Updated: 2025-10-22 00:05 UTC · Assigner: adobe
- CVSS: 8.8 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS: 99.4%, 100th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2022-03-03, federal due date 2022-03-24, ransomware use: Unknown

## 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.

## CISA required action

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

## Affected vendors and products

- adobe: acrobat
- adobe: air
- adobe: flash\_player
- adobe: reader

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-0611)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0611)
- [http://blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/archive/2011/04/12/analysis-of-the-cve-2011-0611-adobe-flash-player-vulnerability-exploitation.aspx](http://blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/archive/2011/04/12/analysis-of-the-cve-2011-0611-adobe-flash-player-vulnerability-exploitation.aspx)
- [http://bugix-security.blogspot.com/2011/04/cve-2011-0611-adobe-flash-zero-day.html](http://bugix-security.blogspot.com/2011/04/cve-2011-0611-adobe-flash-zero-day.html)
- [http://contagiodump.blogspot.com/2011/04/apr-8-cve-2011-0611-flash-player-zero.html](http://contagiodump.blogspot.com/2011/04/apr-8-cve-2011-0611-flash-player-zero.html)
- [http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/04/stable-channel-update.html](http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/04/stable-channel-update.html)
- [http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00004.html](http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00004.html)
- [http://secunia.com/advisories/44119](http://secunia.com/advisories/44119)
- [http://secunia.com/advisories/44141](http://secunia.com/advisories/44141)
- [http://secunia.com/advisories/44149](http://secunia.com/advisories/44149)
- [http://secunia.com/blog/210/](http://secunia.com/blog/210/)
- [http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8204](http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8204)
- [http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8292](http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8292)
- [https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66681](https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66681)
- [https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14175](https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%253Aorg.mitre.oval%253Adef%253A14175)
- [http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa11-02.html](http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa11-02.html)
- [http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-07.html](http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-07.html)
- [http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-08.html](http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-08.html)
- [http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17175](http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17175)
- [http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/230057](http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/230057)
- [http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0451.html](http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0451.html)
- [http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47314](http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47314)
- [http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025324](http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025324)
- [http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025325](http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025325)
- [http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0922](http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0922)
- [http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0923](http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0923)
- [http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0924](http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0924)

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_Sources: CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (https://www.cve.org/) This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (https://nvd.nist.gov/) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (https://www.first.org/epss/)_


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