CVE-2012-1545

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 19.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-03-09 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 9, and 10 Consumer Preview, allows remote attackers to bypass Protected Mode or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) by leveraging access to a Low integrity process, as demonstrated by VUPEN during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2012.

Affected products

Microsoft Ie: 10-consumer_preview
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 6.0, 6.00.2462.0000, 6.00.2479.0006, 6.0.2600, 6.00.2600.0000, 6.0.2800 (+23)

References

http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/03/ie-9-on-latest-windows-gets-stomped-at-hacker-contest.ars
http://pwn2own.zerodayinitiative.com/status.html
http://twitter.com/vupen/statuses/177895844828291073
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/pwn2own-2012-ie-9-hacked-with-two-0day-vulnerabilities/10621
http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/03/ie-9-on-latest-windows-gets-stomped-at-hacker-contest.ars
http://pwn2own.zerodayinitiative.com/status.html
http://twitter.com/vupen/statuses/177895844828291073
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/pwn2own-2012-ie-9-hacked-with-two-0day-vulnerabilities/10621

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