CVE-2012-1879

HighCVSS 8.1/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 9 does not properly handle objects in memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by attempting to access an undefined memory location, aka "insertAdjacentText Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.1/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-94

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a
microsoftinternet_explorer>= 6.0, <= 9.0

References

Timeline

Published
Jun 12, 2012
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2012-1879: High severity, CVSS 8.1 | Vulnix