RCE in Microsoft Internet_explorer

CVE-2012-1523

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 8 does not properly handle objects in memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by accessing a deleted object, aka "Center Element Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.530 (98.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Microsoft Internet_explorer — versions 6, 7, 8
Microsoft Windows_2003_server
Microsoft Windows_7
Microsoft Windows_server_2003
Microsoft Windows_server_2008
Microsoft Windows_vista
Microsoft Windows_xp
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

References

TA12-164A (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT, third-party-advisory)
MS12-037 (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory)
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15579 (x_refsource_OVAL, signature, vdb-entry)