9.3
CRITICAL
CVE-2012-2523
Microsoft Internet Explorer JavaScript Integer Overflow Vulnerability
Description

Integer overflow in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 and 9, JScript 5.8, and VBScript 5.8 on 64-bit platforms allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging an incorrect size calculation during object copying, aka "JavaScript Integer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 15, 2012, 1:55 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 1:39 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2012-2523 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Microsoft internet_explorer
2 Microsoft vbscript
3 Microsoft jscript

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2012-2523 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2012-2523 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-227A.html
    Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-052
    Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-056
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15790
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 12, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS12-052 [Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory]
    Removed Reference http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS12-056 [Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory]
    Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-056 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-052 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 19, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15790 [Third Party Advisory]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15790 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 22, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS12-056 Patch, Vendor Advisory http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS12-056 Mitigation, Vendor Advisory, Patch
    Changed Reference Type http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15790 No Types Assigned http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15790 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS12-052 Patch, Vendor Advisory http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS12-052 Mitigation, Vendor Advisory, Patch
    Changed Reference Type http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-227A.html US Government Resource http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-227A.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 15, 2012

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2012-2523 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2012-2523 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

91.51 }} 6.11%

score

0.99140

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability