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CVE-2012-0774

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-0774 is an integer overflow vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions 9.x before 9.5.1 and 10.x before 10.1.3. This critical vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 10.0, allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted TrueType font file. While no public exploit intelligence like Metasploit modules or ExploitDB entries are available, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating its potential impact and the need for patching.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:9.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:9.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:9.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
15.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1565 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media Mentions

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

adobepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: acroread-0:9.5.1-1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: acroread-0:9.5.1-1.el6_2
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-0774Critical

acroread: multiple unspecified flaws (APSB12-08, APSB12-01)

Apr 5, 2012

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00013.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00016.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00017.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-0469.html
secunia.com / advisories/48756
secunia.com / advisories/48846
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14860
adobe.com / support/security/bulletins/apsb12-08.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/52951
securitytracker.com / id
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA12-101B.html
US Government Resource