CVE-2011-2136: Integer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.5 on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Solaris and before 10.3.186.3 on Android, and…
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Plan (action score 43/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 9.5% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 95.5% of all records.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: acroread (Red Hat:rhel_extras:4) 0:9.4.6-1.el4; acroread-plugin (Red Hat:rhel_extras:4) 0:9.4.6-1.el4; acroread (Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client) 0:9.4.6-1.el5.
Add it to your regular patch cycle. Upgrade to acroread (Red Hat:rhel_extras:4) 0:9.4.6-1.el4; acroread-plugin (Red Hat:rhel_extras:4) 0:9.4.6-1.el4; acroread (Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client) 0:9.4.6-1.el5 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
Integer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.5 on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Solaris and before 10.3.186.3 on Android, and Adobe AIR before 2.7.1 on Windows and Mac OS X and before 2.7.1.1961 on Android, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-2138 and CVE-2011-2416.
- Published
- Aug 10, 2011
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 9.5% · 95th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-189
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Action score
43
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- CVSS
- 40 / 40 · 10.0 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 3 / 30 · 9.5%
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| adobe | flash player | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player |
| adobe | adobe air | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:adobe_air |
| apple | mac os x | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x |
| linux | linux kernel | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel |
| microsoft | windows | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows |
| sun | sunos | cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos |
| android | cpe:2.3:o:google:android |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- adobe adobe airup to 2.7 inclusive
- adobe adobe air1.0
- adobe adobe air1.1
- adobe adobe air1.5
- adobe adobe air1.5.2
- adobe adobe air1.5.3
- adobe adobe air2.0.2
- adobe adobe air2.0.3
+12 more rows
- adobe adobe air2.0.4
- adobe adobe air2.6
- adobe flash playerup to 10.3.185.25 inclusive
- adobe flash playerup to 10.3.181.36 inclusive
- adobe flash player10.0.0.584
- adobe flash player10.0.12.10
- adobe flash player10.0.12.36
- adobe flash player10.0.15.3
- adobe flash player10.0.22.87
- adobe flash player10.0.32.18
- adobe flash player10.0.42.34
- adobe flash player10.0.45.2
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 | acroread | before 0:9.4.6-1.el4 | 0:9.4.6-1.el4 |
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 | acroread-plugin | before 0:9.4.6-1.el4 | 0:9.4.6-1.el4 |
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client | acroread | before 0:9.4.6-1.el5 | 0:9.4.6-1.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client | acroread-plugin | before 0:9.4.6-1.el5 | 0:9.4.6-1.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client | flash-plugin | before 0:10.3.183.5-1.el5 | 0:10.3.183.5-1.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:6 | acroread | before 0:9.4.6-1.el6 | 0:9.4.6-1.el6 |
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:6 | acroread-plugin | before 0:9.4.6-1.el6 | 0:9.4.6-1.el6 |
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:6 | flash-plugin | before 0:10.3.183.5-1.el6 | 0:10.3.183.5-1.el6 |
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Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2011-2137Aug 10, 2011 · Buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.5 on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Solaris and before 10.3.186.3 on Android, and…43Plan
- ← EarlierCVE-2011-2135Aug 10, 2011 · Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.5 on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Solaris and before 10.3.186.3 on Android, and Adobe AIR before 2.7.1…42Plan
- Later →CVE-2011-2138Aug 10, 2011 · Integer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.5 on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Solaris and before 10.3.186.3 on Android, and…43Plan
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| red hat:acroread | 0:9.4.6-1.el4 · Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:acroread-plugin | 0:9.4.6-1.el4 · Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:flash-plugin | 0:10.3.183.5-1.el5 · Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- C · data can be read
- Integrity
- C · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- C · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Confidentiality impact
- C
- Integrity impact
- C
- Availability impact
- C
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-189 · Numeric ErrorsCVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Change log (1)
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00007.html
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00008.html
- secunia.com/advisories/48308
- www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-21.html
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1144.html
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-222A.html
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14111
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16128
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.