Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet_explorer
CVE-2010-3971
Use-after-free vulnerability in the CSharedStyleSheet::Notify function in the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) parser in mshtml.dll, as used in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 8 and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbi…
EPSS: 0.856 (99.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet_explorer — versions 7, 8
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- VU#634956 (x_refsource_CERT-VN, US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_MISC)
- 15746 (Exploit, exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
- secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_MISC)
- secure@microsoft.com (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC)
- secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- ADV-2011-0318 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN)
- 15708 (Exploit, exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
- ADV-2010-3156 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, Vendor Advisory)
- MS11-003 (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2010-3971?
- CVE-2010-3971 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Internet_explorer, classified under CWE-399. Published 2010-12-22.
- Is CVE-2010-3971 known to be exploited?
- 6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.