CVE-2011-0609
Published 2011-03-15 · Updated 2026-06-16 · Source psirt@adobe.com
Summary
CVE-2011-0609 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on June 8, 2022, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by June 22, 2022. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Adobe has 83 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 11 of them linked to ransomware.
All 83 known-exploited Adobe vulnerabilities →Description
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.
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: Adobe — Flash Player
Name: Adobe Flash Player Unspecified Vulnerability
Date added: 2022-06-08 · Due: 2022-06-22
Required action: The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
References
- http://blogs.adobe.com/asset/2011/03/background-on-apsa11-01-patch-schedule.html
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/03/stable-and-beta-channel-updates_15.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43751
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43757
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43772
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43856
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8152

