CVE-2012-5248 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in 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 on affected systems through unspecified vectors. With a CVSS score of 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C), it represents a high-severity risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no public exploit intelligence available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, suggesting it is not actively exploited in the wild. Furthermore, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage regarding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 10.3.183.25CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.1.85.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:10.1.85.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.1.102.64CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:10.1.102.64:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.2.152.26CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:10.2.152.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.2.152.32CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:10.2.152.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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