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CRITICAL
CVE-2012-4157
Adobe Reader and Acrobat Memory Corruption RCE/VoSD
Description

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.5.2 and 10.x before 10.1.4 on Windows and Mac OS X allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-2051, CVE-2012-4147, CVE-2012-4148, CVE-2012-4149, CVE-2012-4150, CVE-2012-4151, CVE-2012-4152, CVE-2012-4153, CVE-2012-4154, CVE-2012-4155, CVE-2012-4156, CVE-2012-4158, CVE-2012-4159, and CVE-2012-4160.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 15, 2012, 10:31 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 1:42 a.m.

Source :

psirt@adobe.com

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2012-4157 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Adobe acrobat
2 Adobe acrobat_reader
1 Apple mac_os_x
1 Microsoft windows

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2012-4157 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2012-4157 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-03.xml
    Added Reference http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-16.html
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15749
  • CVE Modified by psirt@adobe.com

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by psirt@adobe.com

    Sep. 19, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15749 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15749 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by nvd@nist.gov

    Aug. 15, 2012

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

16.05 }} -1.59%

score

0.96011

percentile

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