CVE-2012-4165

critical
Published 2012-08-21 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
10.0
VIR risk
10.0

Description

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-2012-4164.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@adobe.com — http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-19.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
linux linux-kernel-not-affected
macos macos-not-affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
adobeflash_player{"startIncluding":"10.3","endExcluding":"10.3.183.23"}10.3.183.23
adobeair{"endExcluding":"3.4.0.2540"}3.4.0.2540
adobeair_sdk{"endExcluding":"3.4.0.2540"}3.4.0.2540

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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