CVE-2012-4164 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability affecting multiple versions of Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR across Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Android platforms. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors. With a CVSS score of 10.0, it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA KEV, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of its potential impact. There is no public exploit code available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 10.3, < 10.3.183.23CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.4, < 11.4.402.265CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.2, < 11.2.202.238CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.1, < 11.1.111.16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.1, < 11.1.115.17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.