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 objec…
EPSS: 0.524 (98.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet_explorer — versions 6, 7, 8
- Microsoft Windows_7
- Microsoft Windows_server_2003
- Microsoft Windows_server_2008 — versions r2
- Microsoft Windows_vista
- Microsoft Windows_xp
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- 72947 (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- MS11-050 (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12227 (Tool Signature, x_refsource_OVAL, 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.