What is CVE-2012-0767?

CVE-2012-0767 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2012-02-16.

How severe is CVE-2012-0767?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2012-0767 known to be exploited?

Yes. CVE-2012-0767 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-06-08), indicating it is being actively exploited. 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.

XSS in Adobe Flash Player

CVE-2012-0767

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.15 and 11.x before 11.1.102.62 on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Solaris; before 11.1.111.6 on Android 2.x and 3.x; and before 11.1.115.6 on Android 4.x allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors, aka "Universal XSS (UXSS)," as exploited in the wild in February 2012.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2012-02-16 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.062 (93.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-18.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 93.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.067 · newest: 0.062 · change: -0.005

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

This CVE is on the CISA KEV catalog, added on 2022-06-08. CISA KEV inclusion means CISA has confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; US federal agencies are required to remediate within a published due date.

BOD 22-01 due date: 2022-06-22.

Required action: The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00014.html (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201204-07.xml (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/48265 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-03.html (Patch, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14806 (signature, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0144.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15933 (signature, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
secunia.com/advisories/48819 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (US Government Resource)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-0767?: CVE-2012-0767 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2012-02-16.
How severe is CVE-2012-0767?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2012-0767 known to be exploited?: Yes. CVE-2012-0767 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-06-08), indicating it is being actively exploited. 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.