What is CVE-2012-4165?

CVE-2012-4165 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-2012-4165 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Adobe Air

CVE-2012-4165

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-2012-4164.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.058 (92.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

psirt@adobe.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
psirt@adobe.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
psirt@adobe.com (x_refsource_HP, vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
psirt@adobe.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-4165?: CVE-2012-4165 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-2012-4165 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.