VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2010-3329

critical
Published 2010-10-13 · Modified 2026-04-29
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CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
10.0

Description

mshtmled.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 and 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Microsoft Office document that causes the HtmlDlgHelper class destructor to access uninitialized memory, aka "Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-15262 dos windows verified
Core Security · 2010-10-16

Microsoft Office - 'HtmlDlgHelper' Class Memory Corruption (MS10-071)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

OS impact
windows Windows Fixed 3 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
r2 Not affected —
- Not affected —
— Not affected —

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
windows microsoftinternet_explorer7
windows microsoftinternet_explorer8

References

CWEs

CWE-94

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.