{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2012-4792 in the wild since at least 23 Jul 2024.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2012-4792 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 13 Aug 2024.","what":"CVE-2012-4792 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published on 30 Dec 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2012-4792 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2012-4792 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published on 30 Dec 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2012-4792 in the wild since at least 23 Jul 2024.\n\nAffected product: Microsoft Internet Explorer. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4792/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4792/index.md)","id":"CVE-2012-4792","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4792/index.md","name":"CVE-2012-4792","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-c5c8-vqpp-hm75"],"analysis":{"component_type":"browser","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Internet Explorer","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code via a crafted website exploiting a use-after-free flaw in Internet Explorer.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"use_after_free"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"microsoft","cpe":[{"product":"internet_explorer","vendor":"microsoft"}],"cvss":{"score":8.8,"severity":"high","source":"cisa-adp","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-416","name":"Use After Free"}],"description":"Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site that triggers access to an object that (1) was not properly allocated or (2) is deleted, as demonstrated by a CDwnBindInfo object, and exploited in the wild in December 2012.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":2,"first_seen":"2012-12-27","github_poc":1,"max_poc_stars":0,"metasploit":1,"nuclei":0,"refs":[{"date":"2012-12-27","kind":"metasploit","ref":"exploit/windows/browser/ie_cbutton_uaf","stars":null,"title":"MS13-008 Microsoft Internet Explorer CButton Object Use-After-Free Vulnerability"},{"date":"2012-12-31","kind":"exploitdb","ref":"23754","stars":null,"title":"Microsoft Internet Explorer - 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