CVE-2012-1876
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-06-12 22:00
Modified
2024-08-06 19:08
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 9, and 10 Consumer Preview, does not properly handle objects in memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by attempting to access a nonexistent object, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, aka "Col Element Remote Code Execution Vulnerability," as demonstrated by VUPEN during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2012.
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