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CVE-2012-1880

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-1880 is a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 6 through 9, as well as several Windows operating systems. It stems from improper memory handling, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code by accessing a deleted object. With a CVSS score of 9.3 and a FAUCET Risk Score of 97/100, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
24.05%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2405 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 8,915 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-037
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14975
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA12-164A.html
US Government Resource