CVE-2012-2420
lowpriority · track · 7EPSS 0.013 · 70 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
The intu-help-qb (aka Intuit Help System Async Pluggable Protocol) handlers in HelpAsyncPluggableProtocol.dll in Intuit QuickBooks 2009 through 2012, when Internet Explorer is used, might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a URI with a % (percent) character as its (1) last or (2) second-to-last character, in situations where a certain "post-URL data" buffer contains a 0x0000 character but a buffer overflow does not occur.
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affected products (5)
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references (12)
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- http://osvdb.org/80820cnnvd
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/232979cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522138cnnvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74548cnnvd
- http://osvdb.org/80820enisa_euvd
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/232979enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522138enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74548enisa_euvd
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