{"id":"CVE-2012-1878","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-1878","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:57:50.800Z","title":"Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 9 does not properly handle objects in memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by accessing a deleted object, aka \"OnBeforeDeactivate Event Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.\"","description":"Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 9 does not properly handle objects in memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by accessing a deleted object, aka \"OnBeforeDeactivate Event Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.\"","published":"2012-06-12T22:55:02.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:40:29.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secure@microsoft.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":9.3,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-94"],"affected":["microsoft/internet explorer"],"epss":{"score":0.22344,"percentile":0.97672,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 22.3%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-164A.html","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-037","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15632","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-164A.html","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-037","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15632","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1878","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}