CVE-2012-2523 (GCVE-0-2012-2523)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-08-15 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 19:34
VLAI
Summary
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."
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-227A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
Date Public
2012-08-14 00:00
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