CVE-2012-1535
High 7.8 Exploited in the wild (KEV)
Confirmed active exploitation — CISA KEV catalog
- Name
- Adobe Flash Player Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
- Added to catalog
- Remediation due date (US federal)
- Required action
- The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 11.3.300.271 on Windows and Mac OS X and before 11.2.202.238 on Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted SWF content, as exploited in the wild in August 2012 with SWF content in a Word document.
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.8 (HIGH)
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 70% (percentile: 99) as of 1 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-20, CWE-94
Affected products
adobe: flash player; apple: mac os x; microsoft: windows; linux: linux kernel; redhat: enterprise linux desktop; redhat: enterprise linux server; redhat: enterprise linux workstation; opensuse: opensuse; suse: linux enterprise desktop
References
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-18.html Not ApplicablePatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-18.html Not ApplicablePatchVendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00010.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00012.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139455789818399&w=2 Mailing List
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1203.html Third Party Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-01.xml Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00010.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00012.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139455789818399&w=2 Mailing List