CVEvulnerability
CVE-2012-4787
9.0 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2012-12-12
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 9.0 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-399, CWE-416
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 and 10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site that triggers access to an object that (1) was not properly initialized or (2) is deleted, aka "Improper Ref Counting Use After Free Vulnerability."
Affected configurations
• microsoft internet explorer 9
• microsoft internet explorer 10
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)
- CWE-911 Improper Update of Reference Count weakness
References
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-346A.html US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-077 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16211 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-346A.html US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-077 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16211 oval.cisecurity.org