CVE-2011-2462

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-06-08. Federal remediation due 2022-06-22.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

86.56% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.

Red Hat severity

Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2011-12-07 19:00Z14 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-11-21 15:56Z9 MO AGO

Reserved

2011-06-06

Assigning CNA

adobe

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

69693740b2bcde08227dcc5cb591272a14ce5ec24fa39815986dd356fb9ca3af

• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:0087http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00020.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.adobe.comhttp://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-01.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.adobe.comhttp://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa11-04.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.redhat.comRHSA-2012:0011http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2012-0011.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2012:0086http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00019.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.adobe.comhttp://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-30.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:14562https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14562vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
• www.us-cert.govTA11-350Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-350A.htmlthird-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2011-2462government-resource
• github.comhttps://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/199issue-tracking