{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2012-4969 in the wild since at least 8 Jun 2022.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2012-4969 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 22 Jun 2022.","what":"CVE-2012-4969 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published on 18 Sep 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2012-4969 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2012-4969 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published on 18 Sep 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2012-4969 in the wild since at least 8 Jun 2022.\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-2012-4969/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4969/index.md)","id":"CVE-2012-4969","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4969/index.md","name":"CVE-2012-4969","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-xvh2-pw6x-f8hh"],"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 due to a use-after-free flaw in Internet Explorer's mshtml.dll component.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"use_after_free"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"internet_explorer","vendor":"microsoft"}],"cvss":{"score":8.1,"severity":"high","source":"cisa-adp","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/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 the CMshtmlEd::Exec function in mshtml.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site, as exploited in the wild in September 2012.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":1,"first_seen":"2012-09-14","github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":1,"nuclei":0,"refs":[{"date":"2012-09-14","kind":"metasploit","ref":"exploit/windows/browser/ie_execcommand_uaf","stars":null,"title":"MS12-063 Microsoft Internet Explorer execCommand Use-After-Free Vulnerability "},{"date":"2012-10-10","kind":"exploitdb","ref":"21840","stars":null,"title":"Microsoft Internet Explorer - execCommand Use-After-Free (MS12-063) (Metasploit)"}],"tier":"exploited"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Microsoft Internet Explorer Use-After-Free","id":"CVE-2012-4969","indexable":true,"kev":{"dateAdded":"2022-06-08","dueDate":"2022-06-22","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Unknown","product":"Internet Explorer","requiredAction":"Apply updates per vendor instructions.","vendorProject":"Microsoft","vulnerabilityName":"Microsoft Internet Explorer Use-After-Free Vulnerability"},"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"microsoft:internet_explorer","products":["microsoft:internet_explorer"],"type":"use_after_free","year":"2012"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":11,"next":{"headline":"Cross-site scripting in n/a","id":"CVE-2012-4970"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Silverstripe XSS Vulnerabilities","id":"CVE-2012-4968"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2012-09-18","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption","id":"CVE-2014-1776","kev_date_added":"2022-01-28","published":"2014-04-27"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution","id":"CVE-2021-27085","kev_date_added":"2021-11-03","published":"2021-03-11"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution","id":"CVE-2017-0222","kev_date_added":"2022-02-25","published":"2017-05-12"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Microsoft Internet Explorer Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2017-0210","kev_date_added":"2022-05-24","published":"2017-04-12"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption","id":"CVE-2017-0149","kev_date_added":"2022-05-24","published":"2017-03-17"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption","id":"CVE-2015-2502","kev_date_added":"2022-04-13","published":"2015-08-19"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption","id":"CVE-2015-2419","kev_date_added":"2022-03-28","published":"2015-07-14"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0 1.0","name":"CISA KEV"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"BSD-3-Clause","name":"Metasploit"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"GPL-2.0-or-later","name":"Exploit-DB"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"active","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-10-22","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code via a crafted website due to a use-after-free flaw in Internet Explorer's mshtml.dll component.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4969/"}