CVE-2012-4792
Microsoft Internet Explorer Use-After-Free Vulnerability
- Published
- Dec 30, 2012
- Updated
- Oct 22, 2025
- Assigning CNA
- microsoft
- Evidence observed
- Dec 31, 2012
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HHigh · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 99.6%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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CISA Known Exploited
This CVE appears in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Summary
Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site that triggers access to an object that (1) was not properly allocated or (2) is deleted, as demonstrated by a CDwnBindInfo object, and exploited in the wild in December 2012.
Sources
3- CVE-2012-4792Exploit
CVE-2012-4792 simple calc exploitation
Metasploit · windows · Dec 31, 2012
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