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.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 6 | flash-plugin | 10.2.159.1-1.el6 | RHSA-2011:0451 |
| RHEL 5 | flash-plugin | 10.2.159.1-1.el5 | RHSA-2011:0451 |
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Metasploit 1 module
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Adobe Flash Player 10.2.153.1 SWF Memory Corruption Vulnerability
exploit/windows/browser/adobe_flashplayer_flash10o
Exploit-DB 2
- Adobe Reader X 10.0.0 < 10.0.1 - Atom Type Confusion EDB-17473 · local · Jul 3, 2011 · verified
- Adobe Flash Player 10.2.153.1 - SWF Memory Corruption (Metasploit) EDB-17175 · remote · Apr 16, 2011 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
Advisories 1
- RHSA-2011:0451 Red Hat Security Advisory: flash-plugin security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 29, 2026
References
- http://bugix-security.blogspot.com/2011/04/cve-2011-0611-adobe-flash-zero-day.html
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14175 vdb-entry signature
- 47314 vdb-entry
- http://secunia.com/blog/210/
- 8204 third-party-advisory
- ADV-2011-0922 vdb-entry
- RHSA-2011:0451 vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SA:2011:018 vendor-advisory
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-07.html
- 8292 third-party-advisory
- 44149 third-party-advisory
- 44141 third-party-advisory
- adobe-flash-swf-doc-ce(66681) vdb-entry
- ADV-2011-0924 vdb-entry
- 1025325 vdb-entry
- 17175 exploit
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/archive/2011/04/12/analysis-of-the-cve-2011-0611-adobe-flash-player-vulnerability-exploitation.aspx
- 44119 third-party-advisory
- VU#230057 third-party-advisory
- http://contagiodump.blogspot.com/2011/04/apr-8-cve-2011-0611-flash-player-zero.html
- ADV-2011-0923 vdb-entry
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa11-02.html
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/04/stable-channel-update.html
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-08.html
- 1025324 vdb-entry