CVE-2011-2131

Exp

Adobe Photoshop 12.0 in Creative Suite 5 (CS5) and 12.1 in Creative Suite 5.1 (CS5.1) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted GIF file.

Published: 2011-08-11 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2011-2131 is rated High Exploit Risk (88.5/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 50.04%, 98th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.06% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2011-2131

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
17712 exploit_db edb 2011-08-22 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-2131

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-20 47.98% 50.04% +2.06%
2 2025-11-28 46.18% 47.98% +1.80%
3 2025-09-15 46.18%

Full EPSS history (22 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-2131

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-2131

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-2131

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
adobe creative_suite 5 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:creative_suite:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe photoshop 12.0 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:photoshop:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe creative_suite 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:creative_suite:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe photoshop 12.1 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:photoshop:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-2131

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