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CVE-2011-0611

98
FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-0611 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability affecting Adobe Flash Player, Adobe AIR, Adobe Reader, and Adobe Acrobat across Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Solaris. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via specially crafted Flash content, often embedded in documents. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), it presents a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability has been actively exploited in the wild since April 2011, with publicly available Metasploit modules and extensive community discussion and media coverage, underscoring its severe and widespread threat.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 10.2.154.27CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 10.2.156.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 9.0, < 9.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 10.0, <= 10.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 2.6.19140CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:adobe_air:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
94.20%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Mar 3, 2022
Metasploit: Adobe Flash Player 10.2.153.1 SWF Memory Corruption Vulnerability · Apr 11, 2011
ExploitDB: EDB-17473 · Jul 3, 2011
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.9420 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 14,825 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: flash-plugin-0:10.2.159.1-1.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: flash-plugin-0:10.2.159.1-1.el5
View patch
susepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
adobevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2011-0611Critical

flash-plugin: crash and potential arbitrary code execution (APSB11-07)

Apr 11, 2011

References

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