CVE-2012-2523

Microsoft Internet Explorer <9 - RCE

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Integer overflow in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 and 9, JScript 5.8, and VBScript 5.8 on 64-bit platforms allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging an incorrect size calculation during object copying, aka "JavaScript Integer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-227A.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15790

Scores

EPSS 0.2218
EPSS Percentile 97.4%

Details

CWE
CWE-189
Status published
Products (4)
microsoft/internet_explorer 8
microsoft/internet_explorer 9
microsoft/jscript 5.8
microsoft/vbscript 5.8
Published Aug 15, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026