What is CVE-2011-2116?

CVE-2011-2116 is a vulnerability in Adobe Shockwave Player, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2011-06-16.

Is CVE-2011-2116 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Adobe Shockwave Player

CVE-2011-2116

IML32.dll in Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.6.0.626 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-2111 and CVE-2011-2115.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2011-06-16 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.043 (90.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 90.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.043 · newest: 0.043 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Adobe Shockwave Player — versions 1.0, 2.0, 3.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-17.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-166A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2011-2116?: CVE-2011-2116 is a vulnerability in Adobe Shockwave Player, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2011-06-16.
Is CVE-2011-2116 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.