CVE-2012-2522

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 9 does not properly handle objects in memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by accessing a malformed virtual function table after this table's deletion, aka "Virtual Function Table Corruption Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

Score

CVSS 2.0 9.3 Critical

Status

Modified - secure@microsoft.com

Published

2012-08-15

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-94

Affected products

• Internet Explorer (Microsoft)

References

• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-227A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-052
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15498