CVE-2012-2418

medium Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
6.8
AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score
0.3%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 50% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Adjacent
Attack Complexity
High
Confidentiality
C
Integrity
C
Availability
C
Published: April 25, 2012 (5132 days ago)
Last Modified: April 29, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the intu-help-qb (aka Intuit Help System Async Pluggable Protocol) handlers in HelpAsyncPluggableProtocol.dll in Intuit QuickBooks 2009 through 2012, when Internet Explorer is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a URI with a % (percent) character as its (1) last or (2) second-to-last character.

CWE

CWE-119

Affected Products

intuit quickbooks

References

🔗 osvdb.org 🔗 www.kb.cert.org 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com 🔗 osvdb.org