Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 11.3.300.271 on Windows and Mac OS X and before 11.2.202.238 on Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted SWF content, as exploited in the wild in August 2012 with SWF content in a Word document.
This vulnerability carries a HIGH severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.8, requiring local system access to exploit with relatively low complexity though user interaction is required and does not require pre-existing privileges . The vulnerability impacts confidentiality (data exposure), integrity (unauthorized modifications), and availability (service disruption) for affected systems. Impacting 9 products from adobe, from apple, from microsoft and 6 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Documented in 2012, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.
2012-08-15T10:31:40.677
2025-10-22T01:15:43.367
Deferred
CVSSv3.1: 7.8 (HIGH)
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
8.6
10.0
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | adobe | flash_player | < 11.3.300.271 | Yes |
| Operating System | apple | mac_os_x | - | No |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows | - | No |
| Application | adobe | flash_player | < 11.2.202.238 | Yes |
| Operating System | linux | linux_kernel | - | No |
| Operating System | redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | 5.0 | Yes |
| Operating System | redhat | enterprise_linux_server | 5.0 | Yes |
| Operating System | redhat | enterprise_linux_workstation | 5.0 | Yes |
| Operating System | opensuse | opensuse | 11.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | opensuse | opensuse | 12.1 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | linux_enterprise_desktop | 10 | Yes |
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