CVE Database · CVE-2012-4792
CVSS v3.1
8.8
EPSS
78.82%
Published
Dec 30, 2012
Modified
Apr 22, 2026
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Added: 2024-07-23 · Due: 2024-08-13
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Public PoC / Exploit (4)
All weaponized →Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.
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.
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWeaknesses (CWE)
Affected Products (24)