CVE-2012-4792 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2012-4792

Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 8 allows...

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

internet explorer
Vulnerable Versions:
6, 7, 8

Timeline

Official Publish: December 30th, 2012
Last Modified: October 22nd, 2025
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.