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CVE-2012-4174

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-4174 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in Adobe Shockwave Player versions prior to 11.6.8.638, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this flaw is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation is reported, its high EPSS score and FAUCET Risk Score of 85/100 indicate significant potential for impact and warrant immediate patching. The vulnerability received limited community discussion and media coverage at the time.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 11.6.7.637CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:shockwave_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:shockwave_player:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:shockwave_player:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:shockwave_player:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:shockwave_player:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
9.57%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0957 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 51,553 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 (1)

adobepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

osvdb.org / 86539
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/79546
adobe.com / support/security/bulletins/apsb12-23.html
PatchVendor Advisory
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/872545
US Government Resource