# CVE-2012-2418: Heap-based buffer overflow in the intu-help-qb (aka Intuit Help System Async Pluggable Protocol) handlers in HelpAsyncPluggableProtocol.dll

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2012-04-25 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

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## References

- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75170
- http://osvdb.org/80820
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522138
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/232979

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