July 23, 2024 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2012-4792 — Microsoft Internet Explorer
Microsoft Internet Explorer Use-After-Free Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2024-07-23- Federal due date
2024-08-13- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Internet Explorer
- EPSS
- 99.5th percentile (score 0.788, as of
2026-07-13) - NVD CVSS v3.1
- —
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4792
CISA short description
Microsoft Internet Explorer contains a use-after-free vulnerability that allows a remote attacker 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.
Required action
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.