CVE-2012-4792

CISA description

Microsoft Internet Explorer contains a use-after-free vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site that triggers access to an object that (1) was not properly allocated or (2) is deleted, as demonstrated by a CDwnBindInfo object.

Required action

The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

Notes & references

• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/internet-explorer-11
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4792

Where this lands in 800-53

Vulnerability data triggers these controls during assessment and continuous monitoring.

• RA-5 · Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning
• SI-2 · Flaw Remediation
• CM-6 · Configuration Settings
• SI-7 · Software, Firmware, and Information Integrity
• CM-8 · System Component Inventory

External lookups

• NVD · CVE-2012-4792
• CVE.org · CVE-2012-4792
• CISA KEV catalog (canonical)