{"id":"CVE-2012-5278","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-5278","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:50:04.375Z","title":"Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.43 and 11.x before 11.5.502.110 on Windows and Mac OS X, before 10.3.183.43 and 11.x before 11.2.202.251 on Linux, before 11.1.111.24 on Android 2.x and 3.x, and before 11.1.115.27 on Android 4.x; Adobe AIR before…","description":"Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.43 and 11.x before 11.5.502.110 on Windows and Mac OS X, before 10.3.183.43 and 11.x before 11.2.202.251 on Linux, before 11.1.111.24 on Android 2.x and 3.x, and before 11.1.115.27 on Android 4.x; Adobe AIR before 3.5.0.600; and Adobe AIR SDK before 3.5.0.600 allow attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.","published":"2012-11-07T05:41:22.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:46:34.000Z","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-264"],"affected":["adobe/flash player","adobe/air","adobe/air sdk"],"epss":{"score":0.08626,"percentile":0.95064,"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 (8.63%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00005.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00007.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00012.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00030.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1431.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/51186","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/51207","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/51213","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/51245","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-24.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027730","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79851","tags":["VDB Entry"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00005.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00007.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00012.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00030.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1431.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/51186","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/51207","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/51213","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/51245","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-24.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027730","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79851","tags":["VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5278","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."}