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CVE-2012-5278

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-5278 is a critical vulnerability affecting multiple versions of Adobe Flash Player across Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Android, as well as Adobe AIR and AIR SDK. This flaw allows attackers to bypass security restrictions and execute arbitrary code through unspecified vectors. With a CVSS score of 10.0, it represents a severe risk, indicating a network-exploitable vulnerability with low attack complexity that can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 10.3, < 10.3.183.43CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 11.4, < 11.5.502.110CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 11.2, < 11.2.202.251CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 11.1, < 11.1.111.24CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 11.1, < 11.1.115.27CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
8.63%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0863 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 51,551 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

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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

adobepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.251-1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.251-1.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-5278Critical

flash-plugin: multiple code-execution flaws (APSB12-24)

Nov 6, 2012

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00005.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00007.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00012.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00030.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1431.html
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/51186
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/51207
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/51213
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/51245
Third Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/79851
VDB Entry
adobe.com / support/security/bulletins/apsb12-24.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry