CVE-2011-0609

Status: AnalyzedHigh (7.8)⚠ Active exploitation
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

Version: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base score: 7.8
Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 64%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 99
Score date: 10/1/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
CISA KEV — actively exploited

Added to catalog: 6/8/2022
Remediation due date: 6/22/2022
Known ransomware use: Unknown
Affected technologies (7)

Adobe — Acrobat Adobe — Acrobat Reader Adobe — AIR Adobe — Flash Player Google — Chrome Opensuse — Opensuse Suse — Linux Enterprise
CWEs

NVD-CWE-noinfo
References

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