CVE Database · CVE-2012-1876
CVSS v3.1
N/A
EPSS
64.96%
Published
Jun 12, 2012
Modified
Apr 28, 2026
Public PoC / Exploit (6)
All weaponized →Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.
Description
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.
Weaknesses (CWE)
Affected Products (34)
References (14)