CVEvulnerability
CVE-2012-2523
9.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2012-08-15
- 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-189
Description
Integer overflow in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 and 9, JScript 5.8, and VBScript 5.8 on 64-bit platforms allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging an incorrect size calculation during object copying, aka "JavaScript Integer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."
Affected configurations
• microsoft internet explorer 8
• microsoft internet explorer 9
• microsoft jscript 5.8
• microsoft vbscript 5.8
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-227A.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-052 docs.microsoft.com
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-056 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15790 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-227A.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-052 docs.microsoft.com
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-056 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15790 oval.cisecurity.org