CVE-2012-2420

Severity: low (CVSS 1.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-04-25 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

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, might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a URI with a % (percent) character as its (1) last or (2) second-to-last character, in situations where a certain "post-URL data" buffer contains a 0x0000 character but a buffer overflow does not occur.

Affected products

Intuit Quickbooks: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

References

http://osvdb.org/80820
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/232979
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522138
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74548
http://osvdb.org/80820
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/232979
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522138
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74548

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