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CVE-2012-5279

34
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-5279 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability affecting multiple versions of Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR across various operating systems, including Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code or trigger a denial-of-service condition over a network with low attack complexity. Despite its maximum CVSS score of 10.0, indicating severe impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

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
6.56%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0656 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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-2012-5279Critical

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/79850
VDB Entry
adobe.com / support/security/bulletins/apsb12-24.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/56554
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry