CVE-2011-0346
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."
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Windows Fixed 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| - | Not affected | — |
| — | Not affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 6 | |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 7 | |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 8 | |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-12/0698.html
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/01/07/assessing-the-risk-of-public-issues-currently-being-tracked-by-the-msrc.aspx
- http://lcamtuf.blogspot.com/2011/01/announcing-crossfuzz-potential-0-day-in.html
- http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/cross_fuzz/fuzzer_timeline.txt
- http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/cross_fuzz/known_vuln.txt
- http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/cross_fuzz/msie_crash.txt
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/427980
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515506/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45639
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024940
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-102A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0026
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-018
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64482
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11882
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-12/0698.html
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/01/07/assessing-the-risk-of-public-issues-currently-being-tracked-by-the-msrc.aspx
- http://lcamtuf.blogspot.com/2011/01/announcing-crossfuzz-potential-0-day-in.html
- http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/cross_fuzz/fuzzer_timeline.txt
- http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/cross_fuzz/known_vuln.txt
- http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/cross_fuzz/msie_crash.txt
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/427980
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515506/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45639
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024940
CWEs
CWE-399 CWE-416
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.