CVE-2011-1713
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.3
Description
Microsoft msxml.dll, as used in Internet Explorer 8 on Windows 7, allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information about heap memory addresses via an XML document containing a call to the XSLT generate-id XPath function. NOTE: this might overlap CVE-2011-1202.
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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OS impact
Windows Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Not affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 8 | |
References
- http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2011/03/multi-browser-heap-address-leak-in-xslt.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66835
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12693
- http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2011/03/multi-browser-heap-address-leak-in-xslt.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66835
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12693
CWEs
CWE-200
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.