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CVE-2012-5285

33
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-5285 is a critical buffer overflow 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 remotely with low attack complexity, as indicated by its CVSS score of 10.0. 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, < 10.3.183.29CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 11.4, < 11.4.402.287CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 11.2, < 11.2.202.243CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 11.1, < 11.1.111.19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 11.1, < 11.1.115.20CPE 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
9.08%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0908 is in the 92nd 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-0:11.2.202.243-1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.243-1.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-5285Critical

flash-plugin: multiple code-execution flaws (APSB12-22)

Oct 8, 2012

References

osvdb.org / 86874
Broken Link
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/79770
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
adobe.com / support/security/bulletins/apsb12-22.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/56374
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry