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CVE-2012-2052

52
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-2052 describes a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the U3D.8BI plugin within Adobe Photoshop CS5 (versions 12.x before 12.0.5) and CS5.1 (versions 12.1.x before 12.1.1). This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting a malicious DAE file containing an excessively long Collada asset element. The vulnerability carries a critical CVSS score of 9.3, indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity that can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code is available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
12.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:photoshop_cs5:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:photoshop_cs5:12.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:photoshop_cs5:12.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:photoshop_cs5:12.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:photoshop_cs5:12.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
23.32%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-18862 · May 11, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2332 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 8,915 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

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

Vendor Patches (1)

adobevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

osvdb.org / show/osvdb/81832
retrogod.altervista.org / 9sg_photoshock_adv.htm
Exploit
retrogod.altervista.org / 9sg_photoshock_u3d.htm
Exploit
seclists.org / bugtraq/2012/May/58
Exploit
secunia.com / advisories/49160
adobe.com / support/security/bulletins/apsb12-11.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/53464
Exploit