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CVE-2011-2421

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2011-08-11 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Dirapi.dll in Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.6.1.629 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted .dir media file.

Affected products

• Adobe Shockwave Player: through 11.6.0.626; 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0 (+37)

References

• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-19.html
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-222A.html
• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-19.html
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-222A.html

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