CVE-2012-1876

Exp

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 9, and 10 Consumer Preview, does not properly handle objects in memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by attempting to access a nonexistent object, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, aka "Col Element Remote Code Execution Vulnerability," as demonstrated by VUPEN during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2012.

Published: 2012-06-12 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-1876 is rated High Exploit Risk (81.9/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 64.96%, 99th percentile). 5 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-1876

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
35273 exploit_db edb 2014-11-17 Exploit-DB ↗
34815 exploit_db edb 2014-09-29 Exploit-DB ↗
33944 exploit_db edb 2014-07-01 Exploit-DB ↗
24017 exploit_db edb 2013-01-10 Exploit-DB ↗
20174 exploit_db edb 2012-08-02 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-1876

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 87.28% 64.96% -22.32%
2 2026-04-07 86.12% 87.28% +1.16%
3 2025-12-28 — 86.12% —

Full EPSS history (23 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-1876

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-1876

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-1876

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft internet_explorer 6 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet_explorer 7 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet_explorer 8 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet_explorer 9 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-1876

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