CVE-2011-2462
Published on December 7, 2011

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.

Vendor Advisory NVD

Known Exploited Vulnerability

This Adobe Acrobat and Reader Universal 3D Memory Corruption Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. The Universal 3D (U3D) component in Adobe Acrobat and Reader contains a memory corruption vulnerability which could allow remote attackers to execute code or cause denial-of-service.

The following remediation steps are recommended / required by June 22, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2011-2462 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. It has the highest possible exploitability rating (3.9). The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be critical as this vulnerability has a high impact to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of this component.

What is a Memory Corruption Vulnerability?

The software writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Typically, this can result in corruption of data, a crash, or code execution. The software may modify an index or perform pointer arithmetic that references a memory location that is outside of the boundaries of the buffer. A subsequent write operation then produces undefined or unexpected results.

CVE-2011-2462 has been classified to as a Memory Corruption vulnerability or weakness.


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