# CVE-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

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), NVD
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): yes, added 2022-06-08, remediation due 2022-06-22
- Published: 2011-03-15 · Updated: 2025-10-22

## Summary

Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris, and Android, along with the Flash component in Adobe Reader and Acrobat on Windows and Mac OS X, are affected. A remote attacker could use specially crafted Flash content to run arbitrary code or crash the application.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46860
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/03/stable-and-beta-channel-updates_15.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0732
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa11-01.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43751
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14147
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0656
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025211
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66078
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0655
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025210
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43856
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/192052
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43772
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-06.html
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8152
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025238
- http://blogs.adobe.com/asset/2011/03/background-on-apsa11-01-patch-schedule.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0372.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43757
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0688

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