CVE-2012-0767

Adobe Flash Player Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

  • Medium 6.1
  • Exploited: added to CISA KEV 8 Jun 2022

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.15 and 11.x before 11.1.102.62 on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Solaris; before 11.1.111.6 on Android 2.x and 3.x; and before 11.1.115.6 on Android 4.x allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors, aka "Universal XSS (UXSS)," as exploited in the wild in February 2012.

Key facts

Published
16 Feb 2012
Last changed
22 Oct 2025
Assigned by
adobe
KEV added
8 Jun 2022
KEV fix due
22 Jun 2022
EPSS
6.187% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 93.612% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)
SSVC (CISA)
Exploitation: active; Automatable: no; Technical impact: partial

Severity scores

Each score is shown as its source gave it. They are not averaged or merged.

  • 6.1CVSS 3.1, Mediumfrom CISA (ADP container)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

What to do

  • The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.CISA KEV required action

Historical context and remediation

This reference retains the original CVE publication date. A recent record update does not mean a new attack occurred.

No separately sourced impact summary is available on this page yet. Consult the description, version data and dated exploitation evidence.

Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.

Read the original CVE record.

Affected products

VendorProductVersions
n/an/a
  • n/a (affected)

Timeline

  1. 16 Feb 2012 Published
  2. 8 Jun 2022 CVE-2012-0767 added to CISA KEV
  3. 8 Jun 2022 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue

Weakness

Practice this bug class

HackZoneLabs has a hands-on lab on XSS (stored, reflected, DOM) (CWE-79).

References