High 10.0Published Oct 9, 2012

CVE-2012-5257Buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.29 and 11.x before 11.4.402.287 on Windows and Mac OS X, before 10.3.183.29 and 11.x before 11.2.202.243 on Linux, before 11.1.111.19 on Android…

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Buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.29 and 11.x before 11.4.402.287 on Windows and Mac OS X, before 10.3.183.29 and 11.x before 11.2.202.243 on Linux, before 11.1.111.19 on Android 2.x and 3.x, and before 11.1.115.20 on Android 4.x; Adobe AIR before 3.4.0.2710; and Adobe AIR SDK before 3.4.0.2710 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than other Flash Player buffer overflow CVEs listed in APSB12-22.

CVSS: 10.0 HIGH (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

adobe flash_player adobe:flash_player	through 10.3.183.25; 10.1.85.3; 10.1.102.64; 10.2.152.26; 10.2.152.32; 10.2.153.1; 10.2.159.1; 10.3.181.14; and 61 more ranges	NVD
adobe flash_player_for_android adobe:flash_player_for_android	through 11.1.111.16; 10.1.106.17; 10.2.157.51; 10.3.186.7; 11.0.1.153; 11.1.102.59; 11.1.111.5; 11.1.111.7; and 10 more ranges	NVD
adobe adobe_air adobe:adobe_air	through 3.4.0.2540; 1.0; 1.0.1; 1.0.8.4990; 1.0.4990; 1.1; 1.1.0.5790; 1.5; and 32 more ranges	NVD
adobe adobe_air_sdk adobe:adobe_air_sdk	through 3.4.0.2540	NVD

References

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00034.html
http://osvdb.org/86034
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-22.html	vendor-advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79078

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