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CVE-2012-1535 Detail

Description

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00010.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00012.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139455789818399&w=2 CVE, MITRE Mailing List 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1203.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-01.xml CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-18.html CVE, MITRE Not Applicable  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2012-1535 CISA-ADP US Government Resource 

This CVE is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Reference CISA's BOD 22-01 and Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog for further guidance and requirements.

Vulnerability Name Date Added Due Date Required Action
Adobe Flash Player Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability 03/03/2022 03/24/2022 The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST   CISA-ADP  
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') cwe source acceptance level NIST   CISA-ADP  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-1535
NVD Published Date:
08/15/2012
NVD Last Modified:
06/16/2026
Source:
MITRE