# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 31 Aug 2012
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qh2q-wp9p-xxj9

## 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: 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.

## 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

- [CVE-2014-0502](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0502/): Adobe Flash Player Double Free Vulnerablity (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2015-0301](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-0301/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2015-0303](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-0303/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2015-0304](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-0304/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2015-0306](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-0306/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-4171 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-4171 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Adobe Adobe Air. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4171/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4171/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4171
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4171
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-4171

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4171/
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