FKIE_CVE-2012-4172
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-10-23 23:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:44
Severity
Summary
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-2012-4173, CVE-2012-4174, CVE-2012-4175, and CVE-2012-5273.
References
Impacted products
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