CVE-2012-4164
Status: ModifiedHigh (10)—
Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.23 and 11.x before 11.4.402.265 on Windows and Mac OS X, before 10.3.183.23 and 11.x before 11.2.202.238 on Linux, before 11.1.111.16 on Android 2.x and 3.x, and before 11.1.115.17 on Android 4.x; Adobe AIR before 3.4.0.2540; and Adobe AIR SDK before 3.4.0.2540 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-4163 and CVE-2012-4165.
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Base score: 10
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 5.76%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 93
- Score date: 10/8/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (3)
CWEs
- CWE-119
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139455789818399&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1203.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-01.xml
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-19.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139455789818399&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1203.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-01.xml
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-19.html
Raw JSON (NVD)
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