Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer
CVE-2012-0012
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 does not properly handle the creation and initialization of string objects, which allows remote attackers to read data from arbitrary process-memory locations via a crafted web site, aka "Null Byte Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
Vulnerability class: Dirty Pipe (CVE-2022-0847)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.169 (97.0th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.169 · newest: 0.169 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet Explorer — versions 9
- Microsoft Windows 7
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 — versions r2
- Microsoft Windows Vista
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-045A.html (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-010 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14870 (Tool Signature, signature, vdb-entry)