CVE-2012-4969

What is affected

Vendor	Microsoft
Product	Internet Explorer

The vulnerability

Microsoft Internet Explorer contains a use-after-free vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute code via a crafted web site.

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

US federal civilian agencies were required to act by 22 June 2022 under BOD 22-01. The deadline is a compliance date, not a measure of severity — it says nothing about how dangerous the flaw is to anyone else.

Where this comes from

Every field on this page is taken from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, last synced 12 Nov 2026, 21:26. Nothing here is our own assessment. For the technical scoring, see the NVD record below.

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