Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer
CVE-2011-1255
The Timed Interactive Multimedia Extensions (aka HTML+TIME) implementation in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 8 does not properly handle objects in memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by accessing an object that (1) was not properly initialized or (2) is deleted, aka "Time Element Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.421 (98.6th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 99th percentile — 98.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.421 · newest: 0.421 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- osvdb.org/72947 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/06/14/ms11-050-ie9-is-better.aspx (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-050 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12227 (Tool Signature, signature, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2011-1255?
- CVE-2011-1255 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, classified under Use of Uninitialized Resource. Published 2011-06-16.
- Is CVE-2011-1255 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.