PT-2011-3847 · Adobe · Shockwave Player

Published 2011-08-11 · Updated 2011-10-05 · CVE-2011-2421

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Adobe Shockwave Player versions prior to 11.6.1.629

Description The issue allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service due to memory corruption via a crafted .dir media file. This is related to the Dirapi.dll component.

Recommendations For versions prior to 11.6.1.629, update to version 11.6.1.629 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-2421

Affected Products

Shockwave Player

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2421 · Security Note
• http://adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-19.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-222A.html · Note