Buffer overflow in Adobe Air
CVE-2011-2140
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 or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-2135, CVE-2011-2417, and CVE-2011-2425.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.823 (99.7th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 100th percentile — 99.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.823 · newest: 0.823 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Adobe Air — versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.5
- Adobe Flash Player — versions 6.0.21.0, 6.0.79, 7.0
- Apple Mac OS X
- Google Android
- Linux Kernel
- Microsoft Windows
- Sun Sunos
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00006.html (vendor-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14074 (signature, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/48308 (third-party-advisory)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-222A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-21.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00007.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1144.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00008.html (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2011-2140?
- CVE-2011-2140 is a vulnerability in Adobe Air, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2011-08-10.
- Is CVE-2011-2140 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.