Heap-based buffer overflow in the intu-help-qb (aka Intuit Help System Async Pluggable…
Priority LOW 36CWE-119Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Complete · Complete · Complete
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow 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 corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a URI with a % (percent) character as its (1) last or (2) second-to-last character.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.03171 88th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 5
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:intuit:quickbooks:2009:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2009 | Vulnerable | Intuit |
| cpe:2.3:a:intuit:quickbooks:2010:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2010 | Vulnerable | Intuit |
| cpe:2.3:a:intuit:quickbooks:2011:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2011 | Vulnerable | Intuit |
| cpe:2.3:a:intuit:quickbooks:2012:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2012 | Vulnerable | Intuit |
| cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | all versions | Running on | Microsoft |
- cpe:2.3:a:intuit:quickbooks:2009:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2009 Vulnerable ·Intuit
- cpe:2.3:a:intuit:quickbooks:2010:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2010 Vulnerable ·Intuit
- cpe:2.3:a:intuit:quickbooks:2011:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2011 Vulnerable ·Intuit
- cpe:2.3:a:intuit:quickbooks:2012:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2012 Vulnerable ·Intuit
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Running on ·Microsoft
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-2418
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-89g7-q4h7-vjxh
More Intuit Quickbooks vulnerabilities
- TI-2007-06093 Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the awApi4.AnswerWorks.1 ActiveX control in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2007-00313 Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the Intuit QuickBooks Online Edition ActiveX… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2007-04329 Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the Intuit QuickBooks Online Edition ActiveX… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2010-04896 Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in Intuit QuickBooks 2010 allow local… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2012-02148 Intuit QuickBooks 2009 through 2012 might allow remote attackers to obtain pathname… CVSS 2.0LOW 2.9
- TI-2012-02151 The intu-help-qb (aka Intuit Help System Async Pluggable Protocol) handlers in… CVSS 2.0LOW 1.8
Sources
- CVE-2012-2418 · CVE Program
- CVE-2012-2418 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-89g7-q4h7-vjxh · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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