CVE-2012-4775
Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 allows remote attackers to execute...
CVE-2012-4775 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published November 14, 2012. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 22.4%, the 97th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site, aka "CTreeNode Use After Free Vulnerability."
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List
Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site, aka "CTreeNode Use After Free Vulnerability."
- Record
CVE-2012-4775- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-4700
Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site, aka "CTreeNode Use After Free Vulnerability."
- Record
EUVD-2012-4700- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vhg9-6q2r-r84v
Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 allows remote attackers to execute...
Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site, aka "CTreeNode Use After Free Vulnerability."
- Record
GHSA-vhg9-6q2r-r84v- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site, aka "CTreeNode Use After Free Vulnerability."
- Record
CVE-2012-4775- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 High
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-399
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | aliases | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
References
securityfocus.com/bid/56422
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15932
securitytracker.com/id?1027749
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-071
secunia.com/advisories/51202
us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-318A.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4775
github.com/advisories/GHSA-vhg9-6q2r-r84v