VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2012-4792
CVSS score8.8 HIGH
EPSS probability78.82%
CISA KEVKnown exploited vulnerability
Published2012-12-30
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Known Exploited Vulnerability
Microsoft Internet Explorer Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Vendor / product: Microsoft / Internet Explorer
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site that triggers access to an object that (1) was not properly allocated or (2) is deleted, as demonstrated by a CDwnBindInfo object, and exploited in the wild in December 2012.
Weakness classification
- CWE-416: Use After Free
Primary references
- secure@microsoft.com — Broken Link
- secure@microsoft.com — Broken Link
- secure@microsoft.com — Broken Link
- secure@microsoft.com — Third Party Advisory
- secure@microsoft.com — Broken Link
- secure@microsoft.com — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- secure@microsoft.com — Patch, Vendor Advisory
- secure@microsoft.com — Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- secure@microsoft.com — Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- secure@microsoft.com — Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- secure@microsoft.com — Patch, Vendor Advisory
- secure@microsoft.com — Third Party Advisory