PT-2012-5586 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Cheng-Da Tsai + 3 · Published 2012-11-13 · Updated 2025-01-16 · CVE-2012-4775

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Internet Explorer version 9

Description A use-after-free issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site. The vulnerability may corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. This issue is related to the way Internet Explorer accesses an object that has not been correctly initialized or has been deleted.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer version 9, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-4775

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 10

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4775 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-071 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4775 · Security Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15932 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-318A.html · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/107707 · Telegram Post
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51202 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1027749 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms12-071 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/56422 · Note