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CVE-2012-5676

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-5676 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in multiple versions of Adobe Flash Player, AIR, and AIR SDK across Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android platforms. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely with low attack complexity. With a CVSS score of 10.0, the vulnerability poses a severe risk of complete compromise (confidentiality, integrity, and availability). Despite its high severity and some community discussion, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are public exploit modules or proof-of-concept code readily available.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 10.3, < 10.3.183.48CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 11.5, < 11.5.502.135CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 11.2, < 11.2.202.258CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 11.1, < 11.1.111.29CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 11.1, < 11.1.115.34CPE 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
8.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0831 is in the 91st 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

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-0:11.2.202.258-1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.258-1.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-5676Critical

flash-plugin: multiple code execution flaws (APSB12-27)

Dec 11, 2012

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00014.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00033.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
adobe.com / support/security/bulletins/apsb12-27.html
PatchVendor Advisory