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CVE-2012-4172

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 9.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-10-23 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.6.8.638 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-4173, CVE-2012-4174, CVE-2012-4175, and CVE-2012-5273.

Affected products

• Adobe Shockwave Player: through 11.6.7.637; 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0 (+43)

References

• http://osvdb.org/86537
• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-23.html
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/872545
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79544
• http://osvdb.org/86537
• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-23.html
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/872545
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79544

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