Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 15, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2012-2522
CVE-2012-2522
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 9 does not properly handle objects in memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by accessing a malformed virtual function table after this table's deletion, aka "Virtual Function Table Corruption Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."
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Affected products
5cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 6 to 9
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References
3- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-227A.htmlnvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-052nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15498nvd
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