What is CVE-2011-2420?

CVE-2011-2420 is a vulnerability in Adobe Shockwave Player, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2011-08-11.

Is CVE-2011-2420 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-2011-2420

Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.6.1.629 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.049 (91.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Adobe Shockwave_player — versions 1.0, 2.0, 3.0
N/a — versions n/a

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

psirt@adobe.com (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT, third-party-advisory)
psirt@adobe.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2011-2420?: CVE-2011-2420 is a vulnerability in Adobe Shockwave Player, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2011-08-11.
Is CVE-2011-2420 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.