Col Element Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE-2012-1876 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

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