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CVE-2012-0779

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-0779 is an object confusion vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, affecting versions before 10.3.183.19 and 11.x before 11.2.202.235 on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, as well as various Android versions. This critical vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.3, indicating a network-based attack with high complexity, allowing unauthenticated attackers to achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. It was actively exploited in the wild in May 2012, with Metasploit modules available and significant community discussion and media coverage confirming its widespread impact and use in targeted attacks.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 10.3, < 10.3.183.19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 11.2, <= 11.2.202.233CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 11.1, <= 11.1.111.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 11.1, <= 11.1.115.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
84.12%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Adobe Flash Player Object Type Confusion · May 4, 2012
ExploitDB: EDB-19369 · Jun 25, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.8412 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: flash-plugin-0:10.3.183.19-1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: flash-plugin-0:10.3.183.19-1.el6
View patch
adobevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-0779Critical

flash-plugin: arbitrary code execution via object confusion (APSB12-09)

May 4, 2012

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00004.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00005.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
osvdb.org / 81656
Broken Link
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-0688.html
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/49038
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/49096
Third Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/75383
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
adobe.com / support/security/bulletins/apsb12-09.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/53395
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry