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CVE-2012-4792

HIGH CISA KEV

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.

Published: Dec 30, 2012 Modified: Apr 22, 2026
CWE-416 CWE-416

CVSS Metrics

CVSSv3
Attack Vector: NETWORK Attack Complexity: LOW Privileges Required: NONE User Interaction: REQUIRED Scope: UNCHANGED Confidentiality Impact: HIGH Integrity Impact: HIGH Availability Impact: HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products (3)

Vendor Product Version
microsoft internet_explorer 6
microsoft internet_explorer 7
microsoft internet_explorer 8

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-c5c8-vqpp-hm75

Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 8 allows remote attackers...

References (27)

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 8.8 / 10
EPSS Score 78.82%

Top 0% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 88.8 / 100

CISA Known Exploited

Date Added: 2024-07-23
Due Date: 2024-08-13
Required Action:

The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

Data Sources

NVD CISA KEV EPSS GitHub