CVE-2012-4792

critical-risk
Published 2012-12-30

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.

Do I need to act?

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91.4% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 9% of all CVEs
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CISA KEV: actively exploited in the wild
On the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — federal agencies must patch
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2 public exploits available
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 8.8/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

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critical-risk
Severity 30/34 · Critical
Exploitability 34/34 · Critical
Exposure 9/34 · Low