VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2012-2522

CVSS score9.3 HIGH
EPSS probability24.51%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2012-08-15
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 9 does not properly handle objects in memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by accessing a malformed virtual function table after this table's deletion, aka "Virtual Function Table Corruption Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

Weakness classification

  • CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Primary references