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Vulnerability · CVE-2011-0609

Adobe Flash Player Unspecified Vulnerability

Published Mar 15, 2011 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Apple flash player

Patch now

CVE-2011-0609 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jun 22, 2022. Confirm Apple flash player against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
High7.8
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
63.51%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe adobe/acrobat · cpe adobe/acrobat reader · cpe adobe/air · cpe adobe/flash player · cpe google/chrome · cpe opensuse/opensuse

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.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • cpe adobe/acrobat10.0
  • cpe adobe/acrobat10.0.1
  • cpe adobe/acrobat reader10.0
  • cpe adobe/acrobat reader10.0.1
  • cpe adobe/airversion unspecified
  • cpe adobe/flash playerversion unspecified
  • cpe google/chromeversion unspecified
  • cpe opensuse/opensuse11.2
  • cpe opensuse/opensuse11.3
  • cpe opensuse/opensuse11.4
  • vendor Adobe Flash Playerversion unspecified
  • vendor n/a n/aversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2011-0609

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2011-0609 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jun 22, 2022. Confirm Apple flash player against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with adobe/acrobat reader 10.0; adobe/acrobat reader 10.0.1. The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 63.51%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. A public exploit reference is linked in Sources. That is not the same as confirmed exploitation. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Mar 15, 2011 · Catalog

    Detected

    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 (appl

  2. Jun 8, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

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

  3. Jun 22, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

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

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    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 (appl

  5. Jun 16, 2026 · Apple Security Releases

    Updated

    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 (appl

Sources

  • Apple Security ReleasesVendor advisoryCVE-2011-0609

    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 (appl

    nvd.nist.gov
  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2011-0609

    Adobe Flash Player contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute code or cause denial-of-service (DoS).

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2011-0609

    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 thro

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2011-0609

    30-day exploitation probability 63.5%

    first.org
  • Exploit DatabasePublic exploit reference17027

    Public archive entry. The exploit body is not stored here.

    exploit-db.com
  • Metasploit ModulesPublic exploit moduleexploit_windows/browser/adobe_flashplayer_avm

    Public module reference (good). Module source is not copied into this catalog.

    rapid7.com
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2011-0609

    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 thro

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2011-0609

    Adobe Flash Player contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute code or cause denial-of-service (DoS).

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.