Is CVE-2012-1535 being actively exploited?

Yes. CVE-2012-1535 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, added on March 3, 2022.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-1535?

CVE-2012-1535 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

CVE-2012-1535

HIGH · CVSS 7.8CISA KEV: actively exploitedEPSS 70.4%EU EUVD: exploited

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 11.3.300.271 on Windows and Mac OS X and before 11.2.202.238 on Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted SWF content, as exploited in the wild in August 2012 with SWF content in a Word document.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.8 (v3.1)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-20
EPSS score: 70.4% (99th percentile)
In CISA KEV: Yes, added March 3, 2022
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2012-1553)
Published: August 15, 2012
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Analyzed

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Adobe Flash Player Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

Added to the KEV catalog on March 3, 2022; federal remediation due March 24, 2022.

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-1553 in the EU Vulnerability Database. ENISA flags it as known exploited. Last updated in EUVD on October 22, 2025.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

adobe / flash player
apple / mac os x
linux / linux kernel
microsoft / windows
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse
redhat / enterprise linux desktop
redhat / enterprise linux server
redhat / enterprise linux workstation
suse / linux enterprise desktop

Certified products that may be affected

1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OpenSSH-Server Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1384 - historical

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00010.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00012.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139455789818399&w=2(Mailing List)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1203.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-01.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-18.html(Not Applicable, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2012-1535(US Government Resource)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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