CVE-2012-1873
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7-9 - Information Disclosure via Null Byte String Handling
Title source: llmDescription
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 through 9 does not properly create and initialize string data, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML document, aka "Null Byte Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
US Government Resource third-party-advisory
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http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-164A.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
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https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-037
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15026
Scores
EPSS
0.1826
EPSS Percentile
96.9%
Details
CWE
CWE-200
Status
published
Products (3)
microsoft/internet_explorer
7
microsoft/internet_explorer
8
microsoft/internet_explorer
9
Published
Jun 12, 2012
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026