CVE-2012-1873 — Sensitive Information Exposure in Microsoft Internet Explorer

CWE-200 — Sensitive Information Exposure3 documents3 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
18.6%
top 4.71%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Timeline
PublishedJun 12
Latest updateMay 13

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 through 9 does not properly create and initialize string data, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML document, aka "Null Byte Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:P/I:N/A:NExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages1 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-hwhq-f9jj-3vwv: Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 through 9 does not properly create and initialize string data, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive informa↗2022-05-13
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Zscaler
Zscaler Protects against Microsoft's Patch Cycle | Round 8↗
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CVE-2012-1873 — Sensitive Information Exposure | cvebase