Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer
CVE-2011-1345
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 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, as demonstrated by Stephen Fewer as the first of three chained vulnerabilities during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2011, aka "Object Management Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
EPSS: 0.409 (98.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet_explorer — versions 8
- Microsoft Windows_7
- N/a — versions n/a
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (signature, x_refsource_OVAL, vdb-entry)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2011-1345?
- CVE-2011-1345 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer. Published 2011-03-10.
- Is CVE-2011-1345 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.