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CVE-2012-1872

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.1EPSS 6.4%EU EUVD

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 9 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted character sequences with EUC-JP encoding, aka "EUC-JP Character Encoding Vulnerability."

Key facts

CVSS score
6.1 (v3.1)
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79
EPSS score
6.4% (94th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2012-1882)
Published
June 12, 2012
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-1882 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on January 21, 2025.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • microsoft / internet explorer
  • microsoft / internet explorer
  • microsoft / internet explorer
  • microsoft / internet explorer
  • microsoft / windows 7
  • microsoft / windows 7
  • microsoft / windows 7
  • microsoft / windows 7
  • microsoft / windows 7
  • microsoft / windows vista
  • microsoft / windows vista
  • microsoft / windows xp
  • microsoft / windows xp

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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