CVE-2012-1879
high
CVSS v3
8.1
CVSS v2
9.3
VIR risk
8.1
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 9 does not properly handle objects in memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by attempting to access an undefined memory location, aka "insertAdjacentText Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
88%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| windows | not-affected | | |
| windows | - | not-affected | |
| windows | r2 | not-affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 7 | |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 8 | |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 9 | |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 6 | |
References
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-164A.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-037
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15588
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-164A.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-037
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15588
CWEs
CWE-94
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.