Risk Letters

Exploited vulnerability

CVE-2012-4792

TLP:CLEAR

Microsoft Internet Explorer Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Microsoft Internet Explorer contains a use-after-free vulnerability that allows a remote attacker 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.

Facts

  • Vendor: Microsoft
  • Product: Internet Explorer
  • CVSS: 8.8
  • EPSS (probability of exploitation within 30 days): 78.8 %
  • On CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list since: 23 July 2024
  • First known exploitation: 23 July 2024
  • CISA's deadline for US federal agencies: 13 August 2024
  • Weakness: CWE-416
  • First seen by Risk Letters: 23 July 2024

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Data: NVD (public domain), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, MITRE ATT&CK, AlienVault OTX. NVD