What is CVE-2012-2034?

CVE-2012-2034 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Air, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2012-06-09.

How severe is CVE-2012-2034?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2012-2034 known to be exploited?

Yes. CVE-2012-2034 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-03-28), indicating it is being actively exploited. 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.

Buffer overflow in Adobe Air

CVE-2012-2034

Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.20 and 11.x before 11.3.300.257 on Windows and Mac OS X; before 10.3.183.20 and 11.x before 11.2.202.236 on Linux; before 11.1.111.10 on Android 2.x and 3.x; and before 11.1.115.9 on Android 4.x, and Adobe AIR before 3.3.0.3610, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-2037.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2012-06-09 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.077 (94.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-19.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 94.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.078 · newest: 0.077 · change: -0.001

Affected products

Adobe Air
Adobe Flash Player
Apple macOS
Google Android
Linux Kernel
Microsoft Windows
openSUSE — versions 11.4, 12.1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 5.0, 6.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Eus — versions 6.2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 5.0, 6.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

This CVE is on the CISA KEV catalog, added on 2022-03-28. 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: 2022-04-18.

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

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0722.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00007.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-14.html (Vendor Advisory)
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00006.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (US Government Resource)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-2034?: CVE-2012-2034 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Air, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2012-06-09.
How severe is CVE-2012-2034?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2012-2034 known to be exploited?: Yes. CVE-2012-2034 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-03-28), indicating it is being actively exploited. 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.