What is the CVSS score of CVE-2012-1545?

CVE-2012-1545 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.8 (Medium). CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P. EPSS exploitation probability: 7.0%.

Ie CVE-2012-1545

MEDIUM

Buffer Overflow (CWE-119)

2012-03-09 cve@mitre.org

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Microsoft Ie Internet Explorer

5.8

CVSS 2.0 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

5.8 MEDIUM

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

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Availability

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Mar 09, 2012 - 11:55 cve.org

MEDIUM 5.8

DescriptionCVE.org

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 9, and 10 Consumer Preview, allows remote attackers to bypass Protected Mode or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) by leveraging access to a Low integrity process, as demonstrated by VUPEN during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2012.

AnalysisAI

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 9, and 10 Consumer Preview, allows remote attackers to bypass Protected Mode or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) by leveraging access to a Low. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Buffer Overflow (CWE-119), which allows attackers to corrupt memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application. Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 9, and 10 Consumer Preview, allows remote attackers to bypass Protected Mode or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) by leveraging access to a Low integrity process, as demonstrated by VUPEN during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2012. Affected products include: Microsoft Ie, Microsoft Internet Explorer. Version information: through 9.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Use memory-safe languages or bounds-checking. Enable ASLR, DEP/NX, stack canaries. Use safe string functions.