What is CVE-2012-0771?

CVE-2012-0771 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Shockwave Player, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-02-19.

How severe is CVE-2012-0771?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Adobe Shockwave Player

CVE-2012-0771

Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.6.4.634 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-0759.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2018-02-19 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.050 (92.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 92.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.050 · newest: 0.050 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Adobe Shockwave Player

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-02.html (Vendor Advisory)
fortiguard.com/encyclopedia/ips/31101/adobe-shockwave-player-multiple-memory-co… (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-0771?: CVE-2012-0771 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Shockwave Player, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-02-19.
How severe is CVE-2012-0771?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.