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CVE-2011-0609

High 7.8 Exploited in the wild (KEV)

Confirmed active exploitation — CISA KEV catalog

Name
Adobe Flash Player Unspecified Vulnerability
Added to catalog
Remediation due date (US federal)
Required action
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1
7.8 (HIGH) Score source: NVD CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — exploit probability
64% (percentile: 99) as of 1 November 2026

Affected products

adobe: flash player; apple: mac os x; linux: linux kernel; microsoft: windows; oracle: solaris; google: android; adobe: acrobat; adobe: acrobat reader; adobe: air; opensuse: opensuse; suse: linux enterprise; google: chrome; apple: macos; google: chrome os

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