CVE-2012-5277

critical

Published 2012-11-07 · Modified 2026-04-29

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

10.0

VIR risk

10.0

Description

Buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.43 and 11.x before 11.5.502.110 on Windows and Mac OS X, before 10.3.183.43 and 11.x before 11.2.202.251 on Linux, before 11.1.111.24 on Android 2.x and 3.x, and before 11.1.115.27 on Android 4.x; Adobe AIR before 3.5.0.600; and Adobe AIR SDK before 3.5.0.600 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-5274, CVE-2012-5275, CVE-2012-5276, and CVE-2012-5280.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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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/apsb12-24.html

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":"10.3.183.43"}`	`10.3.183.43`
adobe	air	`{"endExcluding":"3.5.0.600"}`	`3.5.0.600`
adobe	air_sdk	`{"endExcluding":"3.5.0.600"}`	`3.5.0.600`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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