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CVE-2012-5280

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-5280 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in multiple versions of Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR across Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android platforms. This flaw, with a CVSS score of 10.0, allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit intelligence or active exploitation is indicated, its high severity and broad impact on Adobe products warrant attention.

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
10.95%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1095 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 51,455 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-2012-5280Critical

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/79849
VDB Entry
adobe.com / support/security/bulletins/apsb12-24.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/56546
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry