CVE-2012-1873
N/A
Published: June 12, 2012 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:40 PM UTC
6 products affected across 1 vendorInternet ExplorerWindows Server 2008Windows 7
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 18%
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."
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
microsoft-windows-7 (environment) · microsoft-windows-server-2003 (environment) · microsoft-windows-server-2008 (environment) · microsoft-windows-vista (environment) · microsoft-windows-xp (environment)
Windows 7· Microsoftdevice
80%All versions
80%
All versions
80%
All versions
Windows Vista· Microsoftdevice
80%All versions
Windows Xp· Microsoftdevice
80%All versions
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-164A.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_MS
Source: [email protected]
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-037VDB EntrySignaturex_refsource_OVAL
Source: [email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15026Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200
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