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title: "CVE-2012-5261\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-5261

Publication date 9 October 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.29 and 11.x before 11.4.402.287 on
Windows and Mac OS X, before 10.3.183.29 and 11.x before 11.2.202.243 on
Linux, before 11.1.111.19 on Android 2.x and 3.x, and before 11.1.115.20 on
Android 4.x; Adobe AIR before 3.4.0.2710; and Adobe AIR SDK before
3.4.0.2710 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of
service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different
vulnerability than other Flash Player memory corruption CVEs listed in
APSB12-22.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| adobe-flashplugin | 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 11.2.202.243-0precise1 |
| 11.10 oneiric | Fixed 11.2.202.243-0oneiric1 |
| 11.04 natty | Fixed 11.2.202.243-0natty1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 11.2.202.243-0lucid1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| flashplugin-nonfree | 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 11.2.202.243ubuntu0.12.04.1 |
| 11.10 oneiric | Fixed 11.2.202.243ubuntu0.11.10.1 |
| 11.04 natty | Fixed 11.2.202.243ubuntu0.11.04.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 11.2.202.243ubuntu0.10.04.1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5261)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5261)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-5261)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5261)

### Other references

* <http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-22.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5261>
