CVE-2012-2419 — Memory leak in 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, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a URI with multiple references to the same name-value pair

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Memory leak in 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, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a URI with multiple references to the same name-value pair

Published Apr 25, 2012

1.8

LOW

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.05%

Description

Memory leak in 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, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a URI with multiple references to the same name-value pair.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.05% 0.01046

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01046

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (13 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.05% (0.01046)	62.88th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.06% (0.01058)	59.93th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.12% (0.00116)	27.89th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.60% (0.00603)	79.23th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 14, 2024	0.60% (0.00603)	78.41th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 1, 2024	0.56% (0.00558)	77.08th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Nov 24, 2023	0.56% (0.00558)	75.08th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Sep 21, 2023	0.61% (0.00610)	76.09th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.64% (0.00638)	75.91th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.14% (0.01136)	59.45th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Oct 18, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	58.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	56.27th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	34.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-399

References (3)

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/232979
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522138
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75171
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/232979		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522138		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75171		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Apr 25, 2012

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Apr 25, 2012

Link CVE-2012-2419

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2012-2419

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2012-2419