Adobe Flash Player 'SWF' File Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CVE-2011-0611)
Publish date: July 21, 2015
Severity: CRITICAL
CVE Identifier: CVE-2011-0611
Advisory Date: JUL 21, 2015
DESCRIPTION
Adobe Flash Player before 10.2.154.27 on Windows, Linux, and Solaris and Authplay.dll (aka AuthPlayLib.bundle) in Adobe Reader 9.x before 9.4.4 and 10.x through 10.0.1 on Windows, and Adobe Acrobat 9.x before 9.4.4 and 10.x before 10.0.3 on Windows allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted Flash content; as demonstrated by a Microsoft Office document with an embedded .swf file that has a size inconsistency in a "group of included constants," object type confusion, ActionScript that adds custom functions to prototypes, and Date objects; and as exploited in the wild in April 2011.
TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION
Apply associated Trend Micro DPI Rules.
SOLUTION
PATCH: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa11-02.html
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1004801
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1004801 - Adobe Flash Player 'SWF' File Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION
- Adobe Flash Player 10.2.153.1 and earlier versions for Windows
- Macintosh
- Linux and Solaris operating systems
- Adobe Flash Player 10.2.154.25 and earlier for Chrome users
- Adobe Flash Player 10.2.156.12 and earlier for Android
- Adobe AIR 2.6.19120 and earlier versions for Windows
- Macintosh and Linux
- Adobe Reader and Acrobat X (10.0.2) and earlier 10.x and 9.x versions for Windows and Macintosh operating systems
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