CVE-2011-0346

HIGH

Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8 - Use-After-Free in MSHTML.DLL ReleaseInterface Function

Title source: llm

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the ReleaseInterface function in MSHTML.DLL in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors related to the DOM implementation and the BreakAASpecial and BreakCircularMemoryReferences functions, as demonstrated by cross_fuzz, aka "MSHTML Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

References (15)

Core 15

Core References

Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0026

US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-102A.html

Various Sources x_refsource_misc

http://lcamtuf.blogspot.com/2011/01/announcing-crossfuzz-potential-0-day-in.html

Various Sources x_refsource_misc

http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/01/07/assessing-the-risk-of-public-issues-currently-being-tracked-by-the-msrc.aspx

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11882

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64482

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45639

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ms

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-018

Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-12/0698.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515506/100/0/threaded

Various Sources x_refsource_misc

http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/cross_fuzz/known_vuln.txt

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024940

Various Sources x_refsource_misc

http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/cross_fuzz/msie_crash.txt

US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert-vn

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/427980

Various Sources x_refsource_misc

http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/cross_fuzz/fuzzer_timeline.txt

Scores

CVSS v3 8.1

EPSS 0.3102

EPSS Percentile 98.0%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Details

CWE

CWE-399 CWE-416

Status published

Products (3)

microsoft/internet_explorer 6

microsoft/internet_explorer 7

microsoft/internet_explorer 8

Published Jan 07, 2011

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026