CVE-2011-2462: Adobe Reader and Acrobat Universal 3D Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2022-06-08
EPSS: 88.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2011-12-07 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-787

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the U3D component in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.1.1 and earlier on Windows and Mac OS X, and Adobe Reader 9.x through 9.4.6 on UNIX, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unknown vectors, as exploited in the wild in December 2011.

Affected products

Adobe Acrobat for Edge: through 10.1.1
Adobe Acrobat Reader: through 10.1.1; from 9.0 through 9.4.6

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00019.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00020.html
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa11-04.html
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-30.html
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-01.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2012-0011.html
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-350A.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14562
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00019.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00020.html
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa11-04.html
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-30.html

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