CVE-2012-0779

critical

Published 2012-05-04 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

10.0

Description

Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.19 and 11.x before 11.2.202.235 on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux; before 11.1.111.9 on Android 2.x and 3.x; and before 11.1.115.8 on Android 4.x allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file, related to an "object confusion vulnerability," as exploited in the wild in May 2012.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Metasploit modules

exploit_windows/browser/adobe_flash_rtmp rank 300

Adobe Flash Player Object Type Confusion

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
macos	-	not-affected
linux-kernel	-	not-affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
adobe	flash_player	`{"startIncluding":"10.3","endExcluding":"10.3.183.19"}`	`10.3.183.19`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.