CVE-2012-0012

medium Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
16.5%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 5% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
P
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Published: February 14, 2012 (5203 days ago)
Last Modified: April 29, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 does not properly handle the creation and initialization of string objects, which allows remote attackers to read data from arbitrary process-memory locations via a crafted web site, aka "Null Byte Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

CWE

CWE-665

Affected Products

microsoft internet explorer

References

🔗 www.us-cert.gov 🔗 docs.microsoft.com 🔗 oval.cisecurity.org 🔗 www.us-cert.gov 🔗 docs.microsoft.com