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Vulnerability record · CVE-2012-2419 · published 25 April 2012

CVE-2012-2419: Intuit quickbooks vulnerability

Intuit · Quickbooks

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.

1.8 CVSS 2.0 Low EPSS 1.0% · top 37.3% CWE-399 · CWE-399
1.8CVSS 2.0 base score
1.0%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/232979 US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522138 Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75171
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/232979 US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522138 Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75171

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Related vulnerabilities

Same products first, then exploited flaws of the same weakness class.

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2012-2419), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.