CVE-2012-4172
N/A
Published: October 23, 2012 at 11:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:44 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorShockwave Player
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 10%
Description
Buffer overflow in Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.6.8.638 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-4173, CVE-2012-4174, CVE-2012-4175, and CVE-2012-5273.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 11.6.7.6371.010.0.0.21010.0.1.00410.1.0.01110.1.0.1110.1.1.01610.1.4.02010.2.0.02110.2.0.02210.2.0.02311.0.0.45611.0.3.47111.5.0.59511.5.0.59611.5.1.60111.5.10.62011.5.2.60211.5.6.60611.5.7.60911.5.8.61211.5.9.61511.5.9.62011.6.0.62611.6.1.62911.6.3.63311.6.4.63411.6.5.63511.6.6.6362.03.04.05.06.08.08.0.1968.0.196a8.0.2048.0.2058.5.18.5.1.1008.5.1.1038.5.1.1058.5.1.1068.5.3218.5.3238.5.3248.5.3259.0.3839.0.432
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (4)
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-23.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/872545VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79544Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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