CVE detail

CVE-2012-1879 — CVE-2012-1879

Published 2012-06-12 · Modified 2026-06-16 · Vendor microsoft · Product internet_explorer · Source nvd

HIGH

severity

CVSS-derived band

8.1

CVSS v3

0–10 scale

0.1958

EPSS probability

exploitation probability, 30d

97.0%

EPSS percentile

percentile vs all CVEs

NOT LISTED

CISA KEV

known exploited catalog

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 9 does not properly handle objects in memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by attempting to access an undefined memory location, aka "insertAdjacentText Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

Remediation

No vendor-published fix data in our corpus for this CVE. Check the references below or the vendor's PSIRT / security advisories page.

References

cvedb.io · NVD · CISA KEV · FIRST EPSS · vendor advisories (CVE Program List v5). Informational only, no warranty — verify every remediation against the vendor advisory before acting on it. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD, CISA, FIRST.org or any vendor named. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.