Buffer overflow in Adobe Air
CVE-2012-4164
Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.23 and 11.x before 11.4.402.265 on Windows and Mac OS X, before 10.3.183.23 and 11.x before 11.2.202.238 on Linux, before 11.1.111.16 on Android 2.x and 3.x, and before 11.1.115.17 on Android 4.x; Adobe AIR before 3.4.0.2540; and Adobe AIR SDK before 3.4.0.2540 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-4163 and CVE-2012-4165.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.058 (92.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 92.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.058 · newest: 0.058 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1203.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-01.xml (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- marc.info/ (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-19.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2012-4164?
- CVE-2012-4164 is a vulnerability in Adobe Air, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2012-08-21.
- Is CVE-2012-4164 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.