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CVE-2012-4792 Microsoft Internet Explorer Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Active exploitation observed

· CISA KEV catalogue
Required action The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Ransomware campaigns Not observed so far
Weakness CWE-416

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site that triggers access to an object that (1) was not properly allocated or (2) is deleted, as demonstrated by a CDwnBindInfo object, and exploited in the wild in December 2012.

Affected products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
n/a Versions not published
ie 6.0 6.0 → 8.0 No fix stated
The 144658 CVEs of n/a →
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