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CVE-2012-4992

45
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-4992 describes multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities in FlashFXP 4.2 (and earlier versions like 4.1.8.1701). These flaws allow a remote, authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code by supplying an excessively long Unicode string to either the TListbox or TComboBox components. With a CVSS score of 9.0, this vulnerability is critical, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. While not listed on the KEV catalog or Hot List, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:flashfxp:flashfxp:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
17.69%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-18555 · Mar 3, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1769 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 17,823 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0002.html
Exploit
osvdb.org / 79767
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2012/Mar/7
Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/73626
exploit-db.com / exploits/18555
Exploit
flashfxp.com / forum/news/15473-flashfxp-4-2-released.html
securityfocus.com / bid/52259
vulnerability-lab.com / get_content.php