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critical 9.0

CVE-2012-4992 in the critical feed json

Multiple buffer overflows in FlashFXP.exe in FlashFXP 4.2 allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a long unicode str…

published 14y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2012-4916

cvss
9.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
17.7%
EPSS 17.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Multiple buffer overflows in FlashFXP.exe in FlashFXP 4.2 allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a long unicode string to (1) TListbox or (2) TComboBox.

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-18555)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

17.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-18555 FlashFXP 4.1.8.1701 - Remote Buffer Overflow remote, 2012-03-03
  • archives.neohapsis.com http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0002.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Mar/7 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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