{"id":"CVE-2012-4174","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-4174","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:46:38.356Z","title":"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-2012-4172, CVE-2012-4173, CVE-2012-4175, and CVE-2012-5273.","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-2012-4172, CVE-2012-4173, CVE-2012-4175, and CVE-2012-5273.","published":"2012-10-23T23:55:02.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:44:32.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@adobe.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":10,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["adobe/shockwave player"],"epss":{"score":0.09568,"percentile":0.95433,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (9.57%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://osvdb.org/86539","source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-23.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/872545","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79546","source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/86539","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-23.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/872545","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79546","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4174","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}