Vulnerability CVE-2012-1876
Published: 2012-06-12   Modified: 2012-06-13

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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
Microsoft Internet Explorer Col Element Remote Heap Overflow
Vupen
20.06.2012
High
Microsoft Internet Explorer Fixed Table Col Span Heap Overflow
binjo
01.08.2012
High
Internet Explorer 8 Heap Overflow
11.01.2013
High
Internet Explorer 8 Fixed Col Span ID full ASLR, DEP and EMET 4.1.X bypass
Offensive Securi...
02.07.2014
Low
Internet Explorer 8 Fixed Col Span ID Full ASLR, DEP, And EMET 5.0 Bypass
sickness
30.09.2014
High
Internet Explorer 8 Fixed Col Span ID full ASLR, DEP and EMET 5.1 bypass
ryujin & sic...
18.11.2014

Type:

CWE-94

 (Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
9.3/10
10/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Microsoft -> IE 

 References:
http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/03/ie-9-on-latest-windows-gets-stomped-at-hacker-contest.ars
http://pwn2own.zerodayinitiative.com/status.html
http://twitter.com/vupen/statuses/177895844828291073
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-164A.html
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/pwn2own-2012-ie-9-hacked-with-two-0day-vulnerabilities/10621
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-037
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15539
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