National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-1876

Overview

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 9, and 10 Consumer Preview, does not properly handle objects in memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by attempting to access a nonexistent object, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, aka "Col Element Remote Code Execution Vulnerability," as demonstrated by VUPEN during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2012.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA12-164A

Name: TA12-164A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-164A.html

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/pwn2own-2012-ie-9-hacked-with-two-0day-vulnerabilities/10621

Hyperlink:http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/pwn2own-2012-ie-9-hacked-with-two-0day-vulnerabilities/10621

External Source: MISC

Name: http://twitter.com/vupen/statuses/177895844828291073

Hyperlink:http://twitter.com/vupen/statuses/177895844828291073

External Source: MS

Name: MS12-037

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS12-037

External Source: MISC

Name: http://pwn2own.zerodayinitiative.com/status.html

Hyperlink:http://pwn2own.zerodayinitiative.com/status.html

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15539

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15539

External Source: MISC

Name: http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/03/ie-9-on-latest-windows-gets-stomped-at-hacker-contest.ars

Hyperlink:http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/03/ie-9-on-latest-windows-gets-stomped-at-hacker-contest.ars