CVE-2012-2418
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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.17%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 3.17% probability · 88th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- intuit/quickbooks
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 3.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://osvdb.org/80820
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/232979US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522138Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75170
- http://osvdb.org/80820
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/232979US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522138Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75170
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.