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APSB12-23: Security update available for Adobe Shockwave Player (CVE-2012-4172)

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APSB12-23: Security update available for Adobe Shockwave Player (CVE-2012-4172)

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
10/23/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/25/2012
Modified
05/06/2014

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-2012-4173, CVE-2012-4174, CVE-2012-4175, and CVE-2012-5273.

Solution(s)

  • adobe-shockwave-upgrade-latest

References

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