CVE-2012-0172

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-94 Code Injection

Publication date:

10/04/2012

Last modified:

11/04/2025

Description

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 "VML Style Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.30 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

9.30

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2012-0172

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools