CVE-2012-4168

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Published 2012-08-21 · 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

4.3

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 remote attackers to read content from a different domain via a crafted web site.

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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OS impact

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

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
adobe	flash_player	`{"startIncluding":"10.3","endExcluding":"10.3.183.23"}`	`10.3.183.23`
adobe	air	`{"endExcluding":"3.4.0.2540"}`	`3.4.0.2540`
adobe	air_sdk	`{"endExcluding":"3.4.0.2540"}`	`3.4.0.2540`

References

CWEs

CWE-200

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

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