CVE-2012-1875

critical
Published 2012-06-12 ยท Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
10.0

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 does not properly handle objects in memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by accessing a deleted object, aka "Same ID Property Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Metasploit modules

MS12-037 Microsoft Internet Explorer Same ID Property Deleted Object Handling Memory Corruption
Source code queued for fetch โ€” refresh in a moment.

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
windows windowsnot-affected
windows windows-not-affected
windows windowsr2not-affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
windows microsoftinternet_explorer8

References

CWEs

CWE-94

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.