CVE-2012-4171 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service by exploiting a logic error in Firefox dialog handling within Adobe Flash Player.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2012-4171?
CVE-2012-4171 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Adobe Adobe Air, published on 31 Aug 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.23 and 11.x before 11.4.402.265 on Windows and Mac OS X, before 10.3.183.23 and 11.x before 11.2.202.238 on Linux, before 11.1.111.16 on Android 2.x and 3.x, and before 11.1.115.17 on Android 4.x; Adobe AIR before 3.4.0.2540; and Adobe AIR SDK before 3.4.0.2540 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by leveraging a logic error during handling of Firefox dialogs.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-4171?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Adobe Adobe Air, Adobe Adobe Air Sdk, Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Flash Player for Android.
How do I fix CVE-2012-4171?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-4171 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2012-4171 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-4171 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Adobe Air
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qh2q-wp9p-xxj9.