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    CVE-2011-2462

    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.

    Published:Dec 6, 2011
    Last Modified:Apr 21, 2026
    EPS:Dec 7, 2011
    EPSS Score:0.91933
    CVSS Score:8.8

    CISA Notification

    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.

    Required Action:

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

    Notes:

    No extra notes provided.

    Due Date
    Jun 22, 2022
    1542 days ago
    Alert Date
    Jun 8, 2022
    1556 days ago

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Adobe
    Product
    Acrobat
    Vendor
    Adobe
    Product
    Acrobat Reader
    Vendor
    Apple
    Product
    Mac Os X
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows
    Vendor
    Opengroup
    Product
    Unix
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Extras

    Exploits

    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18366

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2026-81984 (CVSS 5.5) — Acrobat Reader is affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory…
    CVE-2026-81989 (CVSS 7.8) — Acrobat Reader is affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in …
    CVE-2026-81991 (CVSS 5.5) — Acrobat Reader is affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive m…
    CVE-2026-81980 (CVSS 7.8) — Acrobat Reader is affected by an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code executi…
    CVE-2026-81990 (CVSS 7.8) — Acrobat Reader is affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in …
    CVE-2026-81987 (CVSS 7.8) — Acrobat Reader is affected by an Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability that could result in arbitrary c…
    CVE-2026-79910 (CVSS 5.5) — Acrobat Reader is affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive m…
    CVE-2026-81993 (CVSS 5.5) — Acrobat Reader is affected by a Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sens…
    CVE-2026-79907 (CVSS 7.8) — Acrobat Reader is affected by a Double Free vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the…
    CVE-2026-79909 (CVSS 7.8) — Acrobat Reader is affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in …

    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
    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
    https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/199
    https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2011-2462

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High