CVE-2012-2521

critical
Published 2012-08-15 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
VIR risk
9.3

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 deleted object, aka "Asynchronous NULL Object Access Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
windows microsoftinternet_explorer6
windows microsoftinternet_explorer7
windows microsoftinternet_explorer8
windows microsoftinternet_explorer9

References

CWEs

CWE-94

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