CVE-2012-4172 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Adobe Shockwave Player versions prior to 11.6.8.638. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code is readily available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability garnered some community discussion and media coverage at the time of its disclosure. It is not currently listed on CISA's KEV catalog, indicating it is not widely exploited in the wild.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 11.6.7.637CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:shockwave_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:shockwave_player:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:shockwave_player:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:shockwave_player:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:shockwave_player:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.