CVEvulnerability

CVE-2012-1876

9.3 HIGH Published 2012-06-12 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2012-06-12
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-94

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 9, and 10 Consumer Preview, does not properly handle objects in memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by attempting to access a nonexistent object, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, aka "Col Element Remote Code Execution Vulnerability," as demonstrated by VUPEN during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2012.

Affected configurations

• microsoft internet explorer 6 • microsoft internet explorer 7 • microsoft internet explorer 8 • microsoft internet explorer 9

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code weakness

References