CVE-2011-2462

Impact:
Critical
Public Date:
2011-12-06
Bugzilla:
760908: CVE-2011-2462 acroread: U3D memory corruption vulnerability (APSB11-30)

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2011-2462 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 6.8
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (acroread) RHSA-2012:0011 2012-01-10
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras (acroread) RHSA-2012:0011 2012-01-10
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (acroread) RHSA-2012:0011 2012-01-10

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